Bassist, singer/songwriter, producer and arranger
Michael Henderson has died. He was admitted to hospital two
weeks ago shortly after his 71st birthday but never recovered. The news was
announced on his
facebook
page
He was born in Yazoo City, MS, and moved to Detroit in the 60s to work as a
session musician playing bass as a 13 year old with The Fantastic Four, Detroit
Emeralds, Billy Preston and some Motown acts in the mid sixties. He got his
big break after he was spotted by Stevie Wonder who invited him to tour with
him. This in turn led to him featuring on ten of Miles Davis' 70s fusion
albums. After working with Davis for seven years he started his solo career
debuting with "Solid" which contained "Valentine Love" which he later recorded with Jean Carn.
He had a relatively short solo recording career releasing eight albums
(seven on Buddah and his final one on EMI-America) between 1976-86 before he
retired. He also featured on several Norman Connors albums and did some
duets with Phyllis Hyman.
The list of artists he recorded and/or toured with include Stevie Wonder,
Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, Norman Connors, The Dramatics,
Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Womack, Mtume and many others.
He achieved seventeen R&B chart entries (all included in playlist
below) with only "Take Me I'm Yours" reaching the Hot 100 at #88 and two others bubbled under at 101 and
103.
Below are two tribute playlists, the first consists of all his A sides
which entered US R&B chart and the second cherry picked from his
albums which are mainly album only tracks but one or two (e.g."Riding" and
"Come To Me") may have appeared as B sides.
Album Discography
with Miles Davis
1970 - The Cellar Door Sessions
1971 - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
1971 - Live-Evil
1972 - On the Corner
1973 - In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall
1974 - Big Fun
1974 - Get Up with It
1976 - Agharta
1975 - Pangaea
1977 - Dark Magus
with Norman Connors
1975 - Norman Connors -
Saturday Night Special
1976 - Norman Connors -
You Are My Starship
Solo
1976 -
Solid
1977 -
Goin' Places
1978 -
In the Night Time
1979 -
Do It All
1980 -
Wide Receiver
1981 -
Slingshot
1983 -
Fickle
1986 - Bedtime Stories
The Singles (A Sides)
Album Tracks / B Sides
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3 comments:
Another great figure disappearing. For all his fans there is an excellent compilation published by Sony "Take Me I'm Yours - The Buddah Years Anthology" in 2 CDs.
Yves
Thanks for your comments Yves. The compilation (in UK at least) is by Soul Music run by ex Blues & Soul columnist David Nathan from 2018 with the artwork being done by blog partner Roger Williams.
https://www.discogs.com/release/11821218-Michael-Henderson-Take-Me-Im-Yours-The-Buddah-Years-Anthology
Thanks for all the details.
Yves
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