After earning his M.D., he then returned to the Bay Area where he served out a psychiatric residency and played jazz in his off-hours.
to New York to study with Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan. During his time at Howard, he would often spend the weekends driving from Washington, D.C. It was also through Davis that Henderson first met future boss and bandmate Herbie Hancock.Īfter a stint in the Air Force, Henderson enrolled for medical school, earning his undergraduate degree at the University of California, and later finishing his medical studies at Howard University where he graduated in 1968. From the late '50s on, Davis was a heavy influence on the trumpeter's approach to jazz. It was during these years that he first met his longtime idol Miles Davis, who stayed at his parent's house when playing in the Bay Area. A driven, highly disciplined student while in high school, he balanced his music practice, with studying, playing sports, and participating in competitive figure skating. During his teens, Henderson moved to San Francisco with his family, where he continued to progress as a musician. Encouraged to play music, he first picked up the trumpet around age nine, and famously received an early lesson from Louis Armstrong, whom his mother knew from her days in Harlem. His mother was a professional dancer at the Cotton Club, while his father was a member of the legendary Charioteers vocal group.
From the late '80s onward, he has remained a vital presence on the New York City jazz scene, releasing a bevy of well-regarded acoustic jazz albums like 2010's For All We Know and working as a member of the hard bop supergroup the Cookers.īorn Edward Jackson Henderson in New York City in 1940, Henderson grew up in a family steeped in the jazz tradition. A licensed psychiatrist with a degree from Howard University, Henderson often split his time playing jazz and working in medicine. hit "Prance On" from 1978's Mahal, were influential touchstones for later hip-hop, electronic, and acid jazz musicians. These albums, and especially his breakthrough U.K. From there, he embarked on a solo career, issuing several of his own cross-pollinated funk and disco-infused albums for Capricorn, Blue Note, and Capitol Records. Mentored by Miles Davis in his teens, Henderson emerged as an original member of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band in the 1970s, appearing on the landmark jazz-funk album Sextant. Balancing a career in psychiatry with his love of forward-thinking post-bop and fusion, trumpeter Eddie Henderson has cut a distinctive path in modern jazz.
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