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Joe Henderson’s *Double Rainbow* (1964) features the trumpeter’s distinctive harmonic language and inventive melodic ideas alongside a stellar quartet including Frank Rendano, Richard Powell, and Eddie Platt, showcasing a mature and sophisticated approach to hard bop.
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Is Double Rainbow an early hard-bop album by trumpeter Joe Henderson?
No. Joe Henderson was a tenor saxophonist, and Double Rainbow is his 1995 Verve tribute to Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Was Antônio Carlos Jobim supposed to appear on Double Rainbow?
The project was initially planned as a Henderson and Jobim collaboration. After Jobim died in 1994, Henderson completed it as a tribute built entirely from Jobim compositions.
Why does the band change partway through Double Rainbow?
Henderson uses a Brazilian-oriented group with Eliane Elias, Nico Assumpção, and Paulo Braga on one part of the album. Another group features Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, and Jack DeJohnette.
Which Jobim songs does Joe Henderson play on Double Rainbow?
The program includes Felicidade, Ligia, Once I Loved, Triste, No More Blues, and Passarim. Henderson interprets all of them instrumentally on tenor saxophone.
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