Bill Henderson - Bill Henderson With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve By Request Series)

Bill Henderson - Bill Henderson With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve By Request Series)Bill Henderson "Bill Henderson With The Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve By Request Series)" [180g LP] Bill Henderson may not have been a household name among jazz singers, but this 1963 release raises a valid point that maybe he should have been. Of course, taking on this mix of standards with the Oscar Peterson Trio including Ed Thigpen (drums) and Ray Brown (bass), certainly could make a lesser talent look better. But Henderson matches the group's

David Storrs

offering a take on guitar playing that snakes and collides with unexpected turns

Sadly due to world events

who underwent a painful open heart surgery (his second open heart surgery and fourteenth heart surgery in total)

created by the art director of the original album in close collaboration with the band itself

this record remains a definitive highlight of the band's illustrious career and a quintessential metal masterpiece

The package includes never before published photos taken at the festival and an essay by award-winning music journalist and Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli

The last of the "all-home-recordings albums" by The Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true

Jazz doesn’t get more daring than Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners

Includes sought-after singles 'Skunk Juice'

"From The Ashes" (with Skylar Gray) and "Worst Day" (with MAX)

return after 4 years of silence