Eddie Henderson

• CD in 8-panel digipak edition

The release of "Witness To History" coincides with the 50th anniversary of Henderson's 1973 debut album, "Realization." The high-powered quintet on this album bridges that half-century of music, with George Cables, with whom he has collaborated throughout his life, returning once again to the piano bench. Henderson's colleague in The Cookers, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, and his younger colleague, bassist Gerald Cannon, also appear on the trumpeter's recent releases for Smoke Sessions. They are joined by legendary drummer Lenny White, who reunited with Henderson in the studio for the first time since "Realization" 50 years ago.

PERSONNEL:

• Eddie Henderson - (trumpet)
• Donald Harrison - (alto saxophone)
• George Cables - (piano & Fender Rhodes)
• Gerald Cannon - (bass)
• Lenny White - (drums)
• Mike Clark - (drums on "Scorpio Rising")

Recorded on September 13, 2022 at Sear Sound Studio C, New York City.

TRACKS:

• 01. Scorpio Rising
• 02. Why Not?
• 03. Sweet and Lovely
• 04. It Never Entered My Mind
• 05. Freedom Jazz Dance
• 06. I'm Gonna Miss You, My Darling
• 07. Totem Pole
• 08. Born to be Blue