Eddie Henderson

• 4 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

Heading into his 80th birthday, Eddie Henderson issues Shuffle And Deal—a material addition to his vast oeuvre of leader dates. The album builds on several long-term creative relationships fostered during the trumpeter’s prolific career. He returns to the studio with practically the same winning lineup from his 2018 release, Be Cool, and daughter Cava Menzies and wife Natsuko Henderson again contribute compositions. Most notably, though, the aesthetic pull of the album derives from Henderson’s deep affinity with freakishly empathic pianist Kenny Barron

PERSONNEL:

• Eddie Henderson - trumpet
• Donald Harrison - alto sax
• Kenny Barron - piano
• Gerald Cannon - bass
• Mike Clark - drums

TRACKS:

• 01. Shuffle And Deal
• 02. Flight Path
• 03. Over The Rainbow
• 04. By Any Means
• 05. Cook’s Bay
• 06. It Might As Well Be Spring
• 07. Boom
• 08. God Bless The Child
• 09. Burnin’
• 10. Smile