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Joe Henderson's second tenor saxophone solo is the fifth and final improvisation on this recording, a three-chorus return statement that follows Jones's drum solo. Taking three choruses of the 24-bar form in G at 233 BPM, Henderson re-enters with renewed intensity, his second solo providing a dramatic closing statement before the return of the theme. This bookending structure, with Henderson opening and closing the solo section around Tyner's and Jones's contributions, gives the performance a satisfying architectural symmetry.
Joe Henderson was 26 to 27 years old at the time.
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