So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
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So Near, So Far is a 1993 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson
, the second of the five albums he recorded with Verve Records
during the end of his career. It is a tribute to Miles Davis
.
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
, the second of the five albums he recorded with Verve Records
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
during the end of his career. It is a tribute to Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
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Tracklisting
- "Miles Ahead"
- "Joshua"
- "Pfrancing (No Blues)"
- "Flamenco SketchesFlamenco Sketches"Flamenco Sketches" is a jazz composition written by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Bill Evans. It is the fifth track on Davis' 1959 album Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz record of all time, and an innovative experiment in modal jazz...
" - "Milestones"
- "Teo"
- "Swing Spring"
- "Circle"
- "Side Car"
- "So Near, So Far"
- Digitally recorded at Power Station, NYC, October 12-14, 1992.
Personnel
- Saxophone - Joe HendersonJoe HendersonJoe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
- Bass - Dave HollandDave HollandDave Holland is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for 40 years....
- Drums - Al FosterAl FosterAl Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his comeback album The Man With the Horn of 1981...
- Guitar - John ScofieldJohn ScofieldJohn Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
- Producer - Don SicklerDon SicklerDon Sickler is an American jazz trumpeter, arranger and producer.In the 1980s, he set up a tribute band, Dameronia, with Philly Joe Jones, to play the music of Tadd Dameron....
, Richard Seidel - Co-producer - Joe Henderson