Homestretch

Joe Henderson · 1963

Context

Composition by Joe Henderson, third track of Page One (Blue Note, October 1963), recorded on 3 June 1963 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs. It is the shortest piece on the record, 4 min 15, played as a quintet with Kenny Dorham and McCoy Tyner.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Blue Bossa (1963)
• Recorda Me (1963)
• La Mesha (1963)
• Jinrikisha (1963)
• Out of the Night (1963)
• Teeter Totter (1963)

Sources

• EN: Page One (Joe Henderson album)

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