オハイオ州、デイトンに生まれる。
エリントン楽団のアレンジャー、作曲家、ピアニスト、作詞家。
1938年、23歳の時「デューク・エリントン楽団」にアレンジャーとして加入。始めはエリントンの作る曲に詩を書くという条件で入団したが、すぐに曲を書き始め、以降、亡くなる67年まで、エリントンの分身的存在として作編曲に多大なる献身を示した。1967年、癌のため51歳の若さでこの世を去る。
代表作は「Take the A Train」「Lush Life」「Lotus Blossom」などの名曲を残した。
小柄でおとなしいビリー・ストレイホーンは、エリントン楽団では、「Swee' Pea (ポパイにでてくるおませな赤ん坊のスウィピー)」と呼ばれていた。
Joe Henderson - The Kicker
Joe Henderson -Chelsea Bridge
Joe Henderson: tenor saxophone
Mike Lawrence: trumpet (omit on track 7)
Grachan Moncur III: trombone (omit on track 7)
Kenny Barron: piano Ron Carter: bass
Louis Hayes: drums
◆2005年10月29日(土) TokyoTUC
Scott Hamilton & Harry Allen
スコット・ハミルトン(ts),
ハリー・アレン(ts)
ジョン・バンチ(pf),
デニス・アーウィン(b)
チャック・リッグス(ds),
クリス・フローリー(g)
2005年10月29日(土) TokyoTUC
曲目リスト3枚組
ディスク:1
1. Rockin' In Rhythm
2. Drop Me Off In Harlem
3. Day Dream
4. Caravan
5. Take The 'A' Train
6. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
7. Clementine
8. I Didn't Know About You
9. I'm Beginning To See The Light
10. Lost In Meditation
11. Perdido
12. Cotton Tail
13. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
14. Just A-Sittin' & A-Rockin'
15. Solitude
16. Rocks In My Bed
17. Satin Doll
18. Sophisticated Lady
ディスク:2
1. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
2. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
3. Azure
4. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
5. In A Sentimental Mood
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. Prelude To A Kiss
8. Mood Indigo
9. In A Mellow Tone
10. Love You Madly
11. Lush Life
12. Squatty Roo
13. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
14. All Too Soon
15. Everything But You
16. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
17. Bli-Blip
ディスク:3
1. Chelsea Bridge
2. Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
3. The E And D Blues (E For Ella, D For Duke) 4. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
5. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
6. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
7. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
8. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
9. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
10. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
11. Chelsea Bridge (Rehearsal)
12. All Heart (Alternative Take)
13. All Heart (Alternative Take)
14. All Heart (Alternative Take)
15. All Heart (Alternative Take)
16. Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald (Alternative Takes)
personnel:
Cat Anderson-Trumpet
Ray Brown -Bass
Harry Carney -Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass)
Willie Cook -Trumpet
Duke Ellington Composer, Narrator, -Piano
Herb Ellis -Guitar
Ella Fitzgerald -Vocals
Frank Foster -Sax (Tenor)
Dizzy Gillespie -Trumpet
Burt Goldblatt Photography
Paul Gonsalves -Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Hamilton -Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Johnny Hodges -Sax (Alto)
Quentin Jackson -Trombone
Barney Kessel -Guitar
Joe Mondragon -Bass
Ray Nance -Trumpet, Violin
Oscar Peterson -Piano
Russell Procope- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
John Sanders -Trombone
Paul Smith -Piano
Stuff Smith- Violin
Alvin Stoller -Drums
Billy Strayhorn Narrator-Piano
Clark Terry -Trumpet
Ben Webster Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Woode -Bass
Britt Woodman -Trombone
Sam Woodyard -Drums
曲目リスト
1.Jump for Joy
2.Caravan 3.Chelsea Bridge
4.Mood Indigo
5.Don't Get Around Much Anymore
6.C Jam Blues
7.It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
8.I Didn't Know About You
9.My Little Brown Book
10.Blues Medley: Carnegie Blues/Rocks in My Bed/Jeep's Blues/The Creole Lo
11.Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
12.Take the "A" Train
Personnel:
Kenny Burrell (guitar);
Ernie Andrews (vocals);
Jerome Richardson (soprano & tenor saxophones);
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone);
Jon Faddis (trumpet, piccolo trumpet);
Snooky Young (trumpet);
Thad Jones (cornet, flugelhorn);
Jimmy Jones (piano);
Jimmy Smith (organ);
Stanley Gilbert (bass);
Jimmie Smith (drums);
Mel Lewis, Richie Goldberg (percussion).
1. Mamacita
2. The Kicker 3. Chelsea Bridge
4. If
5. Nardis
6. Without A Song
7. O Amor Em Paz
8. Mo'Joe
personnel:
Joe Henderson -Chelsea Bridge
Joe Henderson: tenor saxophone
Mike Lawrence: trumpet (omit on track 7)
Grachan Moncur III: trombone (omit on track 7)
Kenny Barron: piano Ron Carter: bass
Louis Hayes: drums
1. Take Five
2. April in Paris 3. Caravan
4. Chelsea Bridge
5. Blue in Green
6. Firewater
7. Blue Monk
8. Walk with You
9. Green Dolphin Street
10. Lush Life