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Joe Henderson's tenor sax solo opens the improvised portion of this recording, followed by Lee Morgan on trumpet. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 178 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:14. Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson opens the solo section with three choruses that showcase his gift for building intensity gradually, his angular lines navigating the minor-key changes with characteristic inventiveness. "Gary's Notebook" is a minor-key blues original by Lee Morgan from his 1963 Blue Note album The Sidewinder. Joe Henderson was 25 to 26 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.
Joe Henderson was 25 to 26 years old at the time.
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