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Joe Henderson's tenor saxophone solo is the second of five improvisations on this recording, entering after Cranshaw's opening bass solo. Taking eight choruses of the 24-bar form in G at 221 BPM, Henderson delivers a monumental solo that is among his most celebrated recorded statements. His playing navigates the composition's challenging harmonies with a combination of angular melodic invention, rhythmic unpredictability, and raw emotional intensity. Henderson described the piece as an expression of anger and frustration, and that visceral quality infuses every phrase of this commanding eight-chorus improvisation.
Joe Henderson was 26 to 27 years old at the time.
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