Joe Henderson
Tenor Sax Solo on
Cold Turkey

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Joe Henderson's tenor sax solo is the second of three solos on this recording, following Freddie Hubbard on trumpet. Set in A at a moderate 126 BPM with a rock feel, Henderson follows with a tenor saxophone solo that exploits the song's dark, brooding atmosphere, his playing building from restrained exploration to impassioned intensity. YouTube and Spotify seem to have misnamed 2 tracks from this Red Clay album: The Intrepid Fox and Cold Turkey. The music here is Cold Turkey even though YouTube and Spotify say The Intrepid Fox.

Joe Henderson was 32 to 33 years old at the time.