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1	Boo Boo's Birthday Written-By – Monk*	7:17
2	Cheryl Written-By – Parker*	7:41
3	Y Ya La Quiero Written-By – Henderson*	6:44
4	Soulville Written-By – Silver*	5:36
5	Portrait Written-By – Mingus*	7:05
6	The Bead Game Written-By – Henderson*	9:45
7	All The Things You Are Written-By – Kern*, Hammerstein*	9:05

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Village Vanguard
• Marketed By – Universal Music LLC

Credits

• Bass – Ron Carter
• Creative Director – Kaoru Taku
• Design – Paula Scher / Koppel & Scher*
• Drums – Al Foster
• Engineer – David Baker
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jim Anderson
• Liner Notes – Michael Cuscuna
• Photography By – Carol Friedman
• Producer – Michael Cuscuna, Stanley Crouch
• Reissue Producer – Hitoshi Namekata, Yoshiko Tsuge
• Remastered By – Yoshio Okazaki
• Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson
• Transcription By [Music], Adapted By [Music] – Don Sickler

Notes

Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York City on November 14, 15 and 16, 1985.
Remastered on June 10, 2013.

Notes for the 2013 version:
Stanley Crouch conceived the idea of recording Joe Henderson in a trio context at the Village Vanguard in 1985, not as an hommage to Sonny Rollins's 1957 Blue Note album in the same setting, but as a challenge to give Joe more freedom and push him to greater heights. And it worked magnificently. Joe is absolutely brilliant on both volumes recorded that week. The second volume features some of the more interesting tunes that Stanley and I suggested for recording such as Monk's "Boo Boo's Birthday" and Mingus's "Portrait." When we asked Joe what Horace Silver tune he'd like to do, he selected "Soulville" from an earlier era rather than any of the tunes introduced when he was in Horace's band. - Michael Cuscuna

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006555464
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDP 7 46426 2	Joe Henderson	The State Of The Tenor • Live At The Village Vanguard • Volume 2 ‎(CD, Album)	Blue Note	CDP 7 46426 2	US	1987
BT 85126	Joe Henderson	The State Of The Tenor • Live At The Village Vanguard • Volume 2 ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BT 85126	US	1987
CP32-5337	Joe Henderson	The State Of The Tenor • Live At The Village Vanguard • Volume 2 ‎(CD, Album)	Blue Note	CP32-5337	Japan	1987
BT 85126	Joe Henderson	The State Of The Tenor • Live At The Village Vanguard • Volume 2 ‎(LP)	Blue Note	BT 85126	France	1987
BT 85126	Joe Henderson	The State Of The Tenor • Live At The Village Vanguard • Volume 2 ‎(LP)	Blue Note	BT 85126	France	1987