Conference napalm::guitar

>>    What's the lowdown on this guit-slingin' blues head?

    Actually, he's not known for blues...
    
    Henderson has been around for a long time and has played with quite a
    few "respected" jazz artists.  I've seen him live with his band Tribal
    Tech several times.  Like most jazz groups (to me anyway) they are much
    better live than on CD, of which there are four or five (the titles
    escape me, but if no one pops in and fills them in, I'll look 'em up at
    home and post next week).  Tibal tech is an in-your-face jazz/rock
    fusion group made up of a bunch of guys from the musician's institute
    schools (where Scott teaches -- or used to anyway).  BTW: their bass
    player, (for crying-in-the-bucket, I can't remember his name right
    now), is a monster player and lives and teaches right here in Colorado
    Springs.

    Anyway, I've talked with Scott a couple of times and he has told me
    that he grew up playing rock/blues. He was very much into Jimmy Page --
    that's the only name I remember (there were actually quite a few
    influences he mentioned).  In any case, Dog Party is the blues/rock CD
    he's always wanted to make.   Great sense of humor.  Does not take
    himself too seriously.  You really ought to check out the tribal tech
    CDs (or better yet, catch them live).

    steve

>>BTW: their bass player, (for crying-in-the-bucket, I can't remember his name
>>right now), is a monster player and lives and teaches right here in Colorado
>>Springs.

    Bass player is Gary Willis.  Man can he get around!  Also, he has one
    of the most consistent and well developed right hand technique of any
    bass player I've seen.  Unbelievable.  Now back to Henderson...

    
    	I just picked up "Primal Tracks" by Tribal Tech which is a
    	greatest hits of their previous releases.  I haven't heard
    	the whole thing since I just got it yesterday but it's 
    	definitely kicka$$ fusion.  Both Scott and Gary can really
    	play, i'll tell you!
    
    	Why do I think Scott played on a Joe Zawinul release??
    
    	Anyway, Steve, I take it you like that one, eh?  Btw, I
    	picked mine up because of a **** rating in a magazine.
    
    	As an aside, I'd love to hear Larry Carlton play this kind
    	of music to hear what he'd play over these changes.
    
    	I guess I'd describe Scott as sounding like a not-as-slurry
    	Alan Holdsworth.  Great tone too!
    
    	Tom
    

    hey Tom, you probably think Scott played on a Joe Zawinul release
    because he did!  Scott was a member of the Zawinul's band (Zawinul
    Syndicate) back in '90 when I saw em; I'm sure he's on a release from
    around that time.
    
    Speaking of Gary Willis, he has a rather unusual method for achieving
    his right hand technique.  He has a block on his bass that sits barely
    below the level of the strings where his right hand plucks.  With this
    in place he can just barely brush the strings with his fingertips, helping
    speed and consistency.  He uses a lot of amp volume to compensate for
    the light touch as well.
    
    /rick

    I'm a big Scott Henderson fan, so don't believe anything I say. 8^)
    
    The Dog Party album is definitely not representative. It has its 
    moments, but I much prefer the Tribal Tech stuff.
    
    > I guess I'd describe Scott as sounding like a not-as-slurry
    > Alan Holdsworth.  Great tone too!
    
    There is some similarity, but Henderson has more of a rock/blues feel,
    and more of a 'bebop' jazz style rather than the 'outside' stuff 
    Holdsworth does.  "Primal Tracks" has some of my favorite tunes on it -
    I highly recommend it as an intro. (It has stuff from the Nomad, Dr.Hee,
    and the album "Tribal Tech". The lines notes say "...we get a lot of 
    requests to play tunes from some of our earlier records which we know
    are hard to find. So Gary and I put together this compilation of our
    favorite tracks..")

    Amen about his tone!

    Here's a discography I grabbed off the net a while back (which predates
    "Primal Tracks".
    
    Tom

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From: akoning@ecnsun.ecn.nl (A. Koning)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: SCOTT HENDERSON DISCOGRAPHY

Here's the latest version of my Scott Henderson discography.
Thanks to Jan, Jason, Yuji, Brian and Davis.

        *** PLEASE SEND ADDITIONS AND/OR CORRECTIONS!! ***

Arjan Koning

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                SCOTT HENDERSON DISCOGRAPHY    (July 22, 1994)

                    by: Arjan Koning 
                        Petten, The Netherlands
                        email: koning@ecn.nl



JEFF BERLIN & VOX HUMANA: CHAMPION

g: Scott Henderson [1-5,7-8], g: Neal Schon [4], keyb: T Lavitz [1-2,4-5,7], 
Clare Fisher [3,8], Walter Afanasieff [3,8], b: Jeff Berlin [1-8], d: Steve
Smith [1-5,7], Neil Peart [3,8], vocals: Keith England [4], Roger Love [8],
back. vocals: Jeff Berlin [4,8], Ronnie Montrose [4,8], Paul Kingery [7],
perc: Ed Smith [3]

1. Mother Lode (Berlin)
2. 20,000 Prayers (Berlin)
3. Marabi (Adderley)
4. Subway Music (Berlin)
5. Three Nighter (Berlin)
6. Dixie (traditional)
7. What I Know Now (Berlin)
8. Champion (of the world) (Berlin, Montrose)

CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND: CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND

g: Scott Henderson [7], g: Carlos Rios [2,3,5], keyb: Chick Corea [1-8], 
b: John Patitucci [3-8], d: Dave Weckl [1-8]

1. Rumble (Corea)
2. Side Walk (Corea, Patitucci, Weckl)
3. Cool Weasal Boogie (Corea)
4. Got a Match? (Corea)
5. Elektric City (Corea)
6. No Zone (Corea)
7. King Cockroach (Corea)
8. India Town (Corea)

SCOTT HENDERSON AND TRIBAL TECH: SPEARS           JUNE 1985

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Pat Coil, b: Gary Willis, d: Steve Houghton,
perc: Brad Dutz, sax: Bob Sheppard

1. Caribbean (Henderson)
2. Punkin Head (Henderson)
3. Ivy Towers (Henderson)
4. Tribal (Henderson/Willis)
5. Spears (Henderson)
6. Island City Shuffle (Henderson)
7. Big Fun (Henderson)

PLAYERS: PLAYERS         1986

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: T Lavitz, b: Jeff Berlin, d: Steve Smith

1. Crystal (Lavitz)
2. Valentine (Henderson)
3. 50/50 (Smith/Wilczewski)
4. Vehicle (Lavitz)
5. Freight Train Shuffle (Berlin)
6. Between Coming and Going (Lavitz)
7. The Creeping Terror (Henderson)
8. 20,000 Prayers (Berlin)

SCOTT HENDERSON AND TRIBAL TECH: DR. HEE           MARCH/APRIL 1987

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Pat Coil [1-3,5,6], keyb: Will Boulware [4,7], 
b: Gary Willis, d: Steve Houghton, perc: Brad Dutz, sax: Bob Sheppard

1. Dr. Hee (Henderson)
2. Outskirts (Willis)
3. Mango Prom (Henderson)
4. Solemn (Boulware)
5. Salsa Lastra (Henderson)
6. Twilight in Northridge (Henderson)
7. Seek and Find (Boulware)
8. The Rain (Henderson)
9. Ominous (Willis)

SCOTT HENDERSON AND TRIBAL TECH: NOMAD           APRIL 1988

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: David Goldblatt, b: Gary Willis, d: Steve Houghton, 
perc: Brad Dutz

1. Renegade (Willis)
2. Nomad (Henderson)
3. Robot Immigrants (Dutz/Goldblatt)
4. Tunnel Vision (Willis)
5. Elegy for Shoe (Goldblatt)
6. Bofat (Henderson)
7. No No No (Willis)
8. Self Defense (Willis)
9. Rituals (Henderson)

THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE: THE IMMIGRANTS          1988

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Joe Zawinul, b: Abraham Laboriel,
d: Cornell Rochester, perc: Rudy Regalado, d,perc: Alex Acuna

1. March of the Lost Children (Zawinul)
2. Criollo (Regalado/Zawinul)
3. Shadow and Light (Zawinul)
4. King Hip (Zawinul)
5. No Mercy for Me (Mercy, Mercy, Mercy) (Zawinul)
6. The Devil Never Sleeps (Zawinul)
7. You Understand (Zawinul)
8. From Venice to Vienna (Zawinul)

THE ZAWINUL SYNDICATE: BLACK WATER          1989

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Joe Zawinul, b: Gerald Veasly,
voc,perc: Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey, d: Cornell Rochester, perc: Munyungo Jackson

1. Carnavalito (Zawinul)
2. Black Water (Zawinul)
3. Familial (Zawinul)
4. Medicine Man (Zawinul)
5. In the Same Boat (Zawinul)
6. Monk's Mood (Monk)
7. Little Rootie Tootie (Monk)
8. They Had a Dream (Zawinul)
9. And So It Goes (Zawinul)

SCOTT HENDERSON / GARY WILLIS: TRIBAL TECH       NOV/DEC 1990

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: David Goldblatt, b: Gary Willis, d: Joey Heredia, 
perc: Brad Dutz

1. Signal Path (Henderson)
2. Big Girl Blues (Henderson)
3. Dense Dance (Willis)
4. Got Tuh B (Willis)
5. Peru (Henderson)
6. Elvis at the Hop (Henderson)
7. The Necessary Blonde (Willis)
8. Fight the Giant (Goldblatt)
9. Sub Aqua (Henderson)
10. Formula One (Henderson)
11. Wasteland (Willis)

SCOTT HENDERSON / GARY WILLIS AND TRIBAL TECH: ILLICIT       APRIL 1992

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Scott Kinsey, b: Gary Willis, d: Kirk Covington

1. The Big Wave (Willis)
2. Stoopid (Willis)
3. Black Cherry (Henderson)
4. Torque (Henderson)
5. Slidin' into Charlisa (Henderson)
6. Root Food (Henderson)
7. Riot (Tribal Tech)
8. Paha-Sapa (Willis)
9. Babylon (Willis)
10. Aftermath (Tribal Tech)

SCOTT HENDERSON / GARY WILLIS AND TRIBAL TECH: FACE FIRST  APRIL/MAY 1993

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Scott Kinsey, b: Gary Willis, d: Kirk Covington

1. Face First (Willis)
2. Canine (Willis)
3. After Hours (Kinsey)
4. Revenge Stew (Henderson)
5. Salt Lick (Henderson)
6. Uh ... Yeah OK (Tribal Tech)
7. The Crawling Horror (Henderson)
8. Boiler Room (Covington)
9. Boat Gig (Henderson)
10. The Precipice (Willis)
11. Wounded (Willis)
  
SCOTT HENDERSON: DOG PARTY     FEBRUARY 1994

g: Scott Henderson, keyb: Scott Kinsey, b: Richard Ruse, d,voc: Kirk Covington,
harm: Pat O'Brien, harm: Linda Zegarelli [4], sax: Mike Whitman, 
tp: Stan Martin, voc: Erin McGuire [4]

1. Hole Diggin' (Henderson)
2. Fence Climbin' Blues (Henderson)
3. Dog Party (Henderson)
4. Same as You (Henderson)
5. Milk Bone (Henderson)
6. Hell Bent Pup (Henderson)
7. Hound Dog (Liebert/Stoller)
8. Dog Walk (Henderson)
9. Smelly Ol' Dog Blues (Henderson)
10. Too Many Gittars (Henderson)

JEAN LUC PONTY: FABLES

    Further details unknown

STEVE BAILEY: DICHOTOMY

    Further details unknown

JEFF RICHMAN: FINGERPAINTS

    Further details unknown

FIVE AFTER FOUR: NOTORIOUS

    Further details unknown

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    I have 2 albums by Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech.  One on tape called
    "Dr. Hee" which is quite excellent.  It cooks - this one also has a
    great tenor/soprano sax player named ...?Bob? Shepard.  Don't know 
    much about him before this but he's wicked along with the rest. The
    compositions are way cool too.  Got a newer CD (early 90's) called
    "Elicit" which also kicks bum.  A quartet - guitar, bass, keys, drums.
    This one includes a couple of spontaneous jams which were recorded
    during the LA (Rodney King) riots.  Very good.  Think I might like
    "Dr. Hee" a bit more, but they're both great.
    
    Henderson plays with much conviction and energy.  Great stuff !
    
    /Paul
    

    I saw Tribal Tech last nite at Johnny D's in Somerville and they
    were incredible!!!  What a band - same band as on Illicit.  They
    were completely adventurous and largely did alot of off the cuff jamming
    as opposed to structured tunes.  They have a new CD out called 
    "Reality Check".   The musicianship is incredible and the ideas
    just kept on flowing.  drummer Kirk Covington amazed us all!  Bassist
    Gary Willis - technical prowess galore.  On keys - Scott Kinsey who
    played some really interesting stuff, getting alot of cool synth
    sounds in addition to lots of Rhodes timbres - very different to
    hear some of these sounds on top of the pumping grooves. Zawinul
    influence emerging from time to time.  Henderson was more amazing 
    than I expected - diverse, fire coming out his ears, great lines
    and sound!  He was playing an Ibanez strat copy thru a bunch of
    pedals, rack gear and a Marshall head & 4x12 cabinet.  Don't know
    what model the head was, but it had 2 horizontal rows of controls
    on the front of it.
    
    Left after the 1st set and caught Kirk Covington on the way out - he
    said a couple tunes they played were from "Reality Check" and after
    this tour was complete they were going to record their next album
    which was going to be no tunes - just the 'garage band jamming'!
    I cracked up.
    
    First 'garage band' I've heard like this.  Real Cool to hear a "fusion"
    oriented band get this out there!
    
    /Paul
    
    I might add Johnny D's is a great room - don't think there's a bad seat
    in the house.
    

    
    	You are kidding!!  I never saw that advertised!  I've been
    	listening to their latest in my car almost constantly!  I think
    	it's their latest.  Paul, is there a tune about 4 songs in where
    	Scott plays with a nice, clean tone for about 4 minutes and then
    	the songs goes nuts and he goes distorto-city??
    
    	Wish I went - Tom
    

    Tom,  I don't have "Reality Check" - their newest CD, but they did
    play a few tunes from it the other nite.  Regarding their appearences
    in Boston - Have seen them frequently advertised in the Boston Phoenix.
    They always play Johnny D's.  It seems like they must play here 3 or
    4 times a year because I often see them listed there.  Finally I made
    it out to see 'em. 
    
    Smokin!
    
    /pc
    

	I picked up Dog Party the other day - Scott's solo blues CD.
	Definitely agree that his playing doesn't touch what he does
	with Tribal Tech.  

	When Steve described him as a straight ahead SRV clone with 
	perhaps a bit more of a technical edge,	I was really surprised.
	But he certainly plays like SRV in this release.  More over the
	top but there are SRV licks all over this.  (Fred, are you listening?)

	But the funny part is the tunes are all about dogs, either about
	them or sung from the dog's perspective!

	"Same as you" is a slow blues...

		Feed me once in the mornin'
		Feed me once in the night
		Don't turn me loose in the daytime
		Cuz you know I'll eat everything in sight

		Got a bad libido
		Always in the groove
		Just get me all excited
		I'll hop on anything that moves

	Titles like "Fence Climbin' Blues", "Hell Bent Pup", "Dog Walk",
	and "Smelly ol' Dog Blues".  

	"Dog Walk" is about taking his dog on walks where he craps
	on the neighbors lawn...  "pick it up, pick it up".

	Anyway, if you're looking for a SRV fix, this CD would be
	a great choice.  It doesn't come close to Tribal Tech but it
	would make great material for a blues band to do.  
	
	Especially one where the guitarist has a sense of humor...