DIGIPACK EDITION
"Be Cool" captures legendary trumpeter Eddie Henderson in peak form on perhaps his best recording yet. An expansive set of music by 77-year-old jazz trumpeter Dr. Eddie Henderson encompassing jazz, funk, boogaloo, blues, ballads, modal, tin pan alley and more. Surrounded by a stellar ensemble with pianist and NEA jazz master Kenny Barron, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, bassist Essiet Essiet, and drummer Mike Clark, Henderson delivers an album of transcendent performances.
PERSONNEL:
EDDIE HENDERSON, trumpet
DONALD HARRISON, alto sax
KENNY BARRON, piano
ESSIET ESSIET, bass
MIKE CLARK, drums
Recorded live on October 31, 2017 at Sear Sound, New York.
TRACKS:
01. Smoke Screen
02. Be Cool
03. After You´ve Gone
04. Loft Funk
05. Fran Dance
06. The Moontrane
07. Naima
08. The Sand Castle Head Hunter
09. Nightride
10. Toys
11. Easy Living
12. Dla Juzi