Review: "Collection" from Jazz Fusion Guitarist Scott Henderson

by Staff.

From the CD review by Rich Murray: Collection contains an assortment of songs from the Tone Center Records catalog that features fusion guitar great Scott Henderson. This is essentially a label sampler, and shouldn't be viewed as a Best Of or Greatest Hits retrospective. Since the material included was limited to what is available on Tone Center, it only covers the last nine or so years of Henderson's long career...In addition to his solo albums and prestigious sideman stints (Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, etc), Henderson and bassist Gary Willis fronted Tribal Tech - arguably the most groundbreaking, adventurous jazz fusion band of the last 25 years...Part of what made Tribal Tech stand out was Henderson's guitar work. A gifted improviser, his great strength has always been his ability to mix aggressive hard blues phrasing with a rich bop vocabulary. And no one plays jazz with a true rock tone the way Henderson does... Full review »