Eddie returned to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975 where he joined the Latin-jazz group Azteca and fronted his own bands. His experiences with Hancock exerted a profound influence on Henderson as reflected in the music on his first two solo albums, Realization and Inside Out, recorded in 19 for Capricorn Records.Īfter leaving Hancock, the trumpeter worked extensively with Pharoah Sanders, Norman Connors and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. From 1969 through 1973 they recorded Mwandishi and Crossings for Warner Bros. He received his first major musical exposure as a member of Herbie Hancock’s trailblazing Mwandishi sextet, an ensemble that also included young innovators such as Bennie Maupin, Julian Priester, Buster Williams and Billy Hart. In addition to excelling on his instrument, Eddie excelled academically enough to go to medical school and become a doctor.įrom 1968 until the late ‘80s, Henderson mixed music and medicine. His stepfather was a doctor to people like Miles, Coltrane and Duke Ellington, so the association with musicians continued. His mother was a dancer at the original Cotton Club and his father a member of the popular singing group Billy Williams and the Charioteers. I saw him do all these songs live that I recorded on the tribute album.”Įddie had the good fortune of meeting many famous musicians growing up (including getting those early tips from Satchmo) because his parents were both entertainers. I was going to the conservatory then studying classical music.
As Henderson puts it, “Miles is so very special to me because when I was in high school he stayed in my parent’s house when he came through San Francisco. That culminated in May of 2002 with the recording of So What, a tribute to Miles that features songs associated with the legend. As a family friend, Miles has been a major musical influence on Eddie throughout his life. Miles, a family friend, admired the strikingly beautiful tone and musicality of Henderson’s trumpet playing and encouraged him to pursue a career in music. In 1957, Eddie met Miles Davis for the first time.
As a teenager he studied trumpet at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performed with the San Francisco Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. Jazz trumpeter extraordinaire Eddie Henderson received his first informal lesson on the trumpet at the age of 9 from Louis Armstrong.
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