{"product_id":"joe-henderson-our-thing-2026-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series","title":"Joe Henderson - Our Thing (2026 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoe Henderson - \u003cem\u003eOur Thing\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 2026 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series (180g, Kevin Gray\/Cohearent Audio, Optimal Media GmbH)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoe Henderson's second Blue Note album\u003c\/strong\u003e, recorded on 9 September 1963 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs — three months after his debut \u003cem\u003ePage One\u003c\/em\u003e with the same frontline partnership of Henderson and Kenny Dorham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFive originals written collectively by Henderson and Dorham\u003c\/strong\u003e: Henderson contributed \"Teeter Totter\" and the title track; Dorham wrote \"Pedro's Time,\" \"Back Road\" and the closing \"Escapade\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2026 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series\u003c\/strong\u003e, mastered from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, pressed at Optimal Media GmbH on 180g vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe Henderson recorded his debut \u003cem\u003ePage One\u003c\/em\u003e for Blue Note in June 1963, then returned to Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs on 9 September 1963 for this follow-up. The core relationship was the same — Henderson's tenor alongside Kenny Dorham's trumpet, Pete La Roca on drums — but Andrew Hill came in on piano where McCoy Tyner had played on \u003cem\u003ePage One\u003c\/em\u003e, and Eddie Khan on bass replaced Butch Warren. The substitution of Hill for Tyner is the record's defining character shift. Tyner's playing provides a rhythmic anchor; Hill's is more elliptical, his voicings deliberately off-centre in a way that keeps the harmonic ground unstable. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five tracks were composed entirely by the two frontline players. Henderson wrote the opening \"Teeter Totter\" and the title track; Dorham wrote the remaining three. \"Pedro's Time\" has a Latin feel and a 10-minute runtime that gives both players extended solo space. \"Escapade\" closes the album as a lyrical Dorham ballad, measured and cinematic. Dorham, whose career as a bandleader had produced \u003cem\u003eUna Mas\u003c\/em\u003e for Blue Note the same year, is given unusual room here to demonstrate his composing voice alongside Henderson's. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Henderson-Dorham partnership produced some of the most consistent hard bop-to-post-bop music of the early 1960s; Dorham also contributed to \u003cem\u003eSong For My Father\u003c\/em\u003e (Horace Silver) and \u003cem\u003eIdle Moments\u003c\/em\u003e (Grant Green) in the same year. When the album was released in 1964 it received a measured reception, but it has since become an essential post-bop recording of the era. This 2026 pressing is the latest in the Classic Vinyl Series, mastered from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal Media GmbH.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Note","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43290619445307,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/JoeHenderson-OurThing_1LP-Cvr_RGB.webp?v=1773872304","url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/products\/joe-henderson-our-thing-2026-blue-note-classic-vinyl-series","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}