Michael Henderson

chicago_mike · #1 04-11-2009, 12:52 PM

Hey all,

I'm looking for any video's of Mike. Post Miles solo career too.
A friend has a bootleg he made of Mike , and the opening song is just absolutely disgusting!

Dr. Cheese · #2 04-11-2009, 04:55 PM

Check out Youtube. You are officially cool for liking Michael Henderson. I think he is one of the most fantastic bassists to ever walk the planet. He is also a heckuva singer and songwriter. There is something in the water in Detroit. That place has turned out way more that its share of monster players going back to Ron Carter and Jamie Jamerson all the way to Terrance Palmer and Fred Hammond.

RBrownBass · #3 04-11-2009, 05:02 PM

Valentine Love from the 70s is among the most underrated slow jams of all time.

chicago_mike · #4 04-12-2009, 07:35 AM

I got a lot of stuff from youtube, mostly his miles work. ANd some later or almost current stuff.

My first miles davis record had Mike on it ( On the Corner) and I dug his style ever since.

raal · #5 04-12-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

Check out Youtube. You are officially cool for liking Michael Henderson. I think he is one of the most fantastic bassists to ever walk the planet. He is also a heckuva singer and songwriter. There is something in the water in Detroit. That place has turned out way more that its share of monster players going back to Ron Carter and Jamie Jamerson all the way to Terrance Palmer and Fred Hammond.

Well said, Dr Cheese. There's magic in the D!

Michael Henderson is HUGE, James Jamerson and Marvin Gaye in the same man!!

Finding a video of his '76 - '82 period would make my day. (I've always wondered what basses he was playing at that time)

Sav'nBass · #6 04-12-2009, 02:14 PM

Now there is a name I had forgotten about... Man.. yeah he is a great player.. I remember when he used to do a lot pf stuff with Phylis Hyman as well...

chicago_mike · #7 04-12-2009, 04:01 PM

his track happy from in the night time has some tast licks..wonder if he ever played it live.

Fire-Starter · #8 04-12-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

Check out Youtube. You are officially cool for liking Michael Henderson. I think he is one of the most fantastic bassists to ever walk the planet. He is also a heckuva singer and songwriter. There is something in the water in Detroit. That place has turned out way more that its share of monster players going back to Ron Carter and Jamie Jamerson all the way to Terrance Palmer and Fred Hammond.

Another underrated bass player, he had one heck of a Voice. I was just grooving to "TAKE ME, I'M YOURS" and "YOU ARE MY STARSHIP" I wish I knew the bass he was playing on those songs!

I just gotta say, I grew up on songs like those, and the group Maze..etc....the way those guys put together songs are time tested and is still touch you in a certain way that most of the crap today cannot.

JAUQO III-X · #9 04-12-2009, 05:09 PM

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=953

Dr. Cheese · #10 04-12-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by raal

Well said, Dr Cheese. There's magic in the D!

Michael Henderson is HUGE, James Jamerson and Marvin Gaye in the same man!!

Finding a video of his '76 - '82 period would make my day. (I've always wondered what basses he was playing at that time)

One his basses was a fretless Alex Axe bass that was made in Detroit. Michael Henderson first mentions Alex Axe in the liner notes of Going Places and he is pictured with the fretless on the cover of Wide Reciever. Here is a picture of the fretted version being used in a lip synch by GQ:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jweoJ2HMF6Q

markjazzbassist · #11 04-12-2009, 11:18 PM

great bassist and steel player (he's done a ton of steel sessions). i love "assault with a friendly weapon" off of the album Fickle.

Dr. Cheese · #12 04-12-2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist

great bassist and steel player (he's done a ton of steel sessions). i love "assault with a deadly weapon" off of the album Fickle.

That's Friendly Weapon.

markjazzbassist · #13 04-12-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

That's Friendly Weapon.

haha, thanks. noted and changed. haha

lovesbass · #14 05-16-2009, 01:35 AM

You guys aren't the only ones into Michael Henderson style...So did TUPAC! Remember the song he did, "You Gotta Get Yours, I Gotta Get Mine?" That bass lick is from the Henderson song, "SOLID"! go to the MICHAEL HENDERSON MYSPACE... www.myspace.com/essentialmichaelhenderson THE RAPPERS THAT HAVE USED HENDERSON BASS LINES...IT BLEW MY MIND! HENDERSON PLAYED ON ALL THE DRAMATICS STUFF...NOW RAPPERS LIKE JAY-Z ARE USIN' HIS BASS LINES AND NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE THEY CAME FROM!!!

chicago_mike · #15 05-17-2009, 07:42 AM

Bass looks like an s.d.curly too.

lovesbass · #16 05-17-2009, 09:09 AM

check out 18 year old mike killing it with stevie live lp 1970 talk of the town uk blew my mind

hands5 · #17 05-19-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Auriaprottu

Valentine Love from the 70s is among the most underrated slow jams of all time.

ABSOLUTELY !!!

Dr. Cheese · #18 05-19-2009, 07:14 AM

I like this little play along for You are My Starship it shows just how creative Michael Henderson's basslines can be:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzQUXyETPSs

lovesbass · #19 09-17-2009, 12:34 PM

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Jamie_Funk · #20 09-17-2009, 12:39 PM

Thanks for the You Are My Starship link Cheese - tasty! I really dig how these lines work, especially in a slow tune - the chrods are sweet too.

J