Black Is the Color (album)

Last updated
Black Is the Color
Black Is the Color.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedEnd of August/early September 1972 [1]
RecordedMarch or April 1972
Mercury Sound Studios, New York
Genre Jazz-funk
Length36:37
Label Milestone
MSP 9040
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Joe Henderson chronology
Joe Henderson in Japan
(1971)
Black Is the Color
(1972)
Multiple
(1973)

Black Is the Color is an album by the American saxophonist Joe Henderson, released in 1972 on Milestone. [2] The original idea for the album was "to approach it entirely from the standpoint of having no pre-conceived ideas (i.e., melodies, themes, bar lines, etc.) for the musicians to relate to." [3] However, after listening to a tape copy of one segment of the original session, the saxophonist, "became aware of further possibilities. Making full use of 16-track tape, we could add to and improve upon what had already been recorded by multiple overdubbing of new parts, by myself and others, that would become permanent additions to the track." [3] The players include keyboardist George Cables, bassists Dave Holland and Ron Carter, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Airto. [2]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz (mixed) [4]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Track listing

All pieces by Joe Henderson.

  1. "Terra Firma" - 12:12
  2. "Vis-a-Vis" - 6:49
  3. "Foregone Conclusion" - 4:57
  4. "Black Is the Color (Of My True Love's Mind)" - 7:03
  5. "Current Events" - 5:36

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<i>Power to the People</i> (Joe Henderson album) 1969 studio album by Joe Henderson

Power to the People is an album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, released on Milestone in 1969. Featuring Henderson with trumpeter Mike Lawrence, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Hancock's electric piano and Carter's bass guitar are the first electric instruments to appear on a Henderson album.

<i>First Light</i> (Freddie Hubbard album) 1971 studio album by Freddie Hubbard

First Light is an album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Recorded in 1971, it features string arrangements by Don Sebesky. It was his third album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Eric Gale, George Benson, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira and Richard Wyands. The album is part of a loose trilogy including his two previous records at the time, Red Clay and Straight Life. First Light won a 1972 Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Performance by a Group".

<i>Polar AC</i> 1975 compilation album by Freddie Hubbard

Polar AC is a compilation album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. It was his final album released on Creed Taylor's CTI label and features performances by Hubbard, Hubert Laws, George Benson, Junior Cook, and Ron Carter. It was put together by CTI after Hubbard left the label to go to Columbia, and the tracks were recorded at different sessions, between 1971 and 1973. The album featured pieces: "People Make the World Go Round" and "Betcha, By Golly Wow", recorded both on April 12, 1972, and "Son of Sky Dive" recorded around 1973. "Polar AC" came from First Light sessions, whilst "Naturally" was recorded during Sky Dive sessions, and both can be found on CD reissues of their respective albums.

<i>13th House</i> 1981 studio album by McCoy Tyner

13th House is a 1981 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in October 1980 and features performances by Tyner with a big band that includes alto saxophonist Joe Ford, flautist Hubert Laws, tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford, trombonist Slide Hampton, bassist Ron Carter and trumpeters Oscar Brashear and Charles Sullivan.

<i>Tetragon</i> (album) 1968 studio album by Joe Henderson

Tetragon is the seventh album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, and his second to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded on September 27, 1967 and May 16, 1968 and features performances by Henderson with two different quartets, both with bassist Ron Carter, one with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Jack DeJohnette, the other with pianist Kenny Barron and drummer Louis Hayes. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "Highlights of this album include the title track, "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Invitation."".

<i>Next Album</i> 1972 studio album by Sonny Rollins

Next Album is an album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, his first to be released on the Milestone label, featuring performances by Rollins with George Cables, Jack DeJohnette, Bob Cranshaw and Arthur Jenkins. The cover photography was credited to Chuck Stewart.

<i>Lovers</i> (Cannonball Adderley album) 1976 studio album by Cannonball Adderley

Lovers is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California in 1975 by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Alvin Batiste, George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira. A posthumously released track included Flora Purim, Nat Adderley Jr., and Ron Carter.

<i>Sugar</i> (Stanley Turrentine album) 1970 studio album by Stanley Turrentine

Sugar is an album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, his first recorded for the CTI Records label following his long association with Blue Note, featuring performances by Turrentine with Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Ron Carter, and Billy Kaye with Lonnie Liston Smith added on the title track and Butch Cornell and Richard "Pablo" Landrum on the other two tracks on the original release. The CD rerelease added a live version of the title track recorded at the Hollywood Palladium in 1971.

<i>The Essential Miles Davis</i> 2001 greatest hits album by Miles Davis

The Essential Miles Davis is a 2-CD compilation album by Miles Davis released by Columbia Legacy on May 15, 2001. It belongs to Sony Music Entertainment's "The Essential" series, not to the series "Essentials", established by WEA International, and was released as part of Sony's Miles 75 Anniversary program. In 2008, The Essential Miles Davis 3.0 was released as a limited edition album featuring a bonus third disc that added five more songs to the original track list.

<i>Directions</i> (Miles Davis album) 1981 compilation album by Miles Davis

Directions is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1981 by Columbia Records. It collects previously unreleased outtakes that Davis recorded between 1960 and 1970. Directions was the last of a series of compilation albums—mostly consisting of, at that time, previously unreleased music—that Columbia released to bridge Davis' recording hiatus that ended with the Man with the Horn in July 1981.

<i>All the Kings Horses</i> (Grover Washington Jr. album) 1972 studio album by Grover Washington Jr.

All the King's Horses is the second album by American saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. It was recorded in 1972 and released on Kudu Records the same year. In 2008, it was reissued on CD by Verve/GRP Records.

<i>In Pursuit of Blackness</i> 1971 studio album / Live album by Joe Henderson

In Pursuit of Blackness is an album by the American saxophonist Joe Henderson, released in 1971 on Milestone. It contains three tracks recorded in the studio in 1971 with saxophonist Pete Yellin, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist George Cables and the Return to Forever rhythm section of bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White, and two tracks recorded live at the Lighthouse Café in 1970 with the live band featured on Henderson’s previous album.

<i>Multiple</i> (album) 1973 studio album by Joe Henderson

Multiple is an album by American saxophonist Joe Henderson, released in 1973 on Milestone. It was recorded mainly on January 30–31, 1973, but producer Keepnews stated there had also been a couple of additional recordings in February and April. The musicians involved include keyboardist Larry Willis, guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

<i>Wild Flower</i> (Hubert Laws album) 1972 studio album by Hubert Laws

Wild Flower is an album by the flautist Hubert Laws released on the Atlantic label in 1972.

<i>Free</i> (Airto album) 1972 studio album by Airto Moreira

Free is an album by Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist Airto Moreira with performances recorded in 1972. The album was released by CTI Records and reached No. 30 on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.

<i>Giant Box</i> 1973 studio album by Don Sebesky

Giant Box is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.

<i>Black Miracle</i> 1976 studio album by Joe Henderson

Black Miracle is an album by saxophonist Joe Henderson which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Milestone label in 1976. Musicians include keyboardist George Duke, guitarist Lee Ritenour, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Harvey Mason and a brass section.

<i>Open Your Eyes You Can Fly</i> 1976 album by Flora Purim

Open Your Eyes You Can Fly is the fifth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim. It was released in 1976 via Milestone Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album features contributions from Airto Moreira on percussion and vocals, David Amaro and Egberto Gismonti on guitars, George Duke on keyboards, Hermeto Pascoal on electric piano and flute, Alphonso Johnson and Ron Carter on bass, Robertinho Silva and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on drums, and Laudir de Oliveira on congas. One of the songs featured here, Sometime Ago, was composed by Chick Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter and was featured on the eponymous album by Return to Forever produced in 1972, Flora Purim and her husband Airto Guimorvan Moreira also played on that album.

<i>Stories to Tell</i> (Flora Purim album) 1974 studio album by Flora Purim

Stories to Tell is the fourth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim that was released in 1974 on Milestone Records.

<i>Encounter</i> (Flora Purim album) 1977 studio album by Flora Purim

Encounter is a studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim that was released in 1977 on Milestone Records.

References

  1. Billboard Sep 2, 1972
  2. 1 2 "Joe Henderson - Black Is the Color". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Henderson, Joe (1972). Black Is the Color (liner notes). Joe Henderson. Milestone. MSP 9040.
  4. Spencer, Robert (1 June 1999). "Joe Henderson: In Pursuit of Blackness / Black is the Color". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. Yanow, Scott. Black Is the Color at AllMusic
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  88. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.