On February 18, 1992, “Verve” label released “Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn”, the 29th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in September 1991, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Richard Seidel and Don Sickler.
Personnel:
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
- Stephen Scott – piano
- Christian McBride – bass
- Gregory Hutchinson – drums
- Don Sickler – arrangements, transcription
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing
- Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
- Camille Tominaro – production assistant
- Larry Offsey – design
- William Claxton – photography
- Susan Ragan – photography
- Stanley Crouch – liner notes
- Dean Pratt – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Billy Strayhorn except where noted.
- Isfahan – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Johnny Come Lately
- Blood Count
- Rain Check
- Lotus Blossom
- A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
- Take the ‘A’ Train
- Drawing Room Blues
- U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
- Lush Life
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