Bill McHenry

 

 

Bill Mc Henry Quartet Featuring Paul Motian  2003

Bill McHenry - t. sax
Ben Monder - guitar
Reid Anderson - bass
Paul Motian - drums

1. Alfombra Mágica
2. Social Unconciousness
3. Time
4. Dimensions
5. Music Has Meaning
6. Stars (Heavenly Bodies)
7. Idea #1
8. Two Chords
9. The Hit

All Compositions by Bill McHenry.
Recorded in New York City, May 2002.

 

01. Alfombra Magica

02. Social Unconscious

04. Dimensions

 

"This music was recorded in two afternoons in May, 2002, in one room with no headphones.
Reid, Ben, and I had been playing the music we recorded before but not with Paul Motian.
Without sheet music or prior rehearsal, we had little or no discussion about how things would be played." - Bill McHenry

 

His Discography on Fresh Sound New Talent

2003
BILL McHENRY QUARTET featuring Paul Motian FSNT-160
CHRIS LIGHTCAP QUARTET Big Mouth FSNT-148

2002
JOE SMITH Happy(Feat. Bill McHenry) FSNT-122
REBECCA MARTIN Middlehope FSNT-118

2000
ETHAN IVERSON/BILL McHENRY Live at Smalls FSNT-091
REID ANDERSON The Vastness of Space FSNT-062

1999
BILL MCHENRY QUARTET Graphic FSNT-056
BEN WALTZER Metropolitan Motion FSNT-082
CHRIS LIGHTCAP Lay-up FSNT-074


For more infos, visit http://www.billmchenry.com

 

 

 

Featuring Paul Motian. 2003

 

 

Live at Smalls. 2000

 

01. Night and Day (Cole Porter)

02. Chronology (Ornette Coleman)

07. How High the Moon (Lewis Hamilton)

 

 

Graphic. 2001

Rest Stop . 1998

 

Jazz Is Where You Find It. 1997

 

2006
BILL McHENRY Quintet
Sonic Pressure
Fresh Sound

2006
BILL McHENRY Quintet
Sonic Pressure
Fresh Sound

2005
Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos
Live in Barcelona
Fresh Sound

2004
Rebecca Martin
People behave like ballads
Max Jazz

Joe Smith
Melodic Workshop
Fresh Sound

2003
BILL McHENRY Quartet
Featuring Paul Motian
Fresh Sound
 
Chris Lightcap
Big Mouth
Fresh Sound

2002
Joe Smith
Happy (Feat. Bill McHenry)
Fresh Sound

Guillermo Klein
Los Guachos III
Sunnyside

Rebecca Martin
Middlehope
Fresh Sound*

2001
Reid Anderson
The Vastness of Space
Fresh Sound*

2000
Ethan Iverson/BILL McHENRY
Live at Smalls
Fresh Sound*

John Stetch
Heavens of a Hundred Days
Justin Time

Ben Waltzer
Metropolitan Motion
Fresh Sound

Chris Lightcap
Lay-up
Fresh Sound

1999
BILL McHENRY Quartet
Graphic

Fresh Sound*

Guillermo Klein
Los Guachos II
Sunnyside*
 
1998
BILL McHENRY Quartet
Rest Stop
Fresh Sound
  
1997
Waltzer/McHENRY Quartet
 Jazz is where you find it
 Fresh Sound

1996  
Mike Rud
Whyte Ave.
Jazz Focus

 

Listed Among The New York Times ' Top Ten Jazz Recordings ' Of The Year