Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career. Biography From a very large family with five sisters and nine brothers,Mel Martin [LINK: http://www.melmartin.com/html_pages/Interviews/henderson.html] Interview with Joe Henderson published in The Saxophone Journal, March/April 1991. Retrieved on 24 April 2007.Henderson was encouraged by his parents and an older brother James T. to study music. Early musical interests included drums, piano, saxophone and composition. He was particularly enamored of his brother's record collection. He listened to Lester Young, Flip Phillips, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Charlie Parker and Jazz at the Philharmonic recordings. By eighteen, Henderson was active on the Detroit jazz scene of the