Jeff Henderson: Darn Bureaucrats
Although Jeff’s main WMD is an atomic-powered baritone sax, he is also heard on alto sax, bells, whistles and, increasingly, hilarious polylingual vocalisations. Jeff has been a member of comet-busting groups such as the Ortiz Funeral Directors, Syzygy and Birchville Cat Motel, and is the creative force behind progressive “freak magnet” performance venues in Wellington. Jeff has made an enormous contribution in the past decade to expanding free improv in NZ to the point where it is arguably a far more vital, populous and interesting scene than anything happening with our straightahead jazz community.
Jeff’s solo performances are shock-and-awe projections of force into hostile territory. Fans of Peter Brötzmann will find a lot to like in these selections. All three mp3s are available for download under a Creative Commons license from Postmoderncore.
Jeff Henderson – fuck you you bureauratic fucks (parts 1 and 2)
Jeff Henderson – A
Don’t mess with Mr Henderson
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Your blog rocks!!!
Heh… That has got to be one of the most badass song titles ever!
Yeah, I’m not sure whether the title was very premeditated or not. From what I’ve seen of Jeff’s performances, it seems that most of what he does is fairly spontaneous…
you rawk dawg.
Aw shucks!
I was gonna email you to say thanks, but I couldn’t find an email address for you, so I left a comment. thanks for posting this – it’s great that NZers are actually getting use from the effort I put into postmoderncore.
I don’t know quite how spontaneous the performance was… my suspicion is that he’d decided on his theme sometime before he played, based on problems with bureaucrats he was having, and so when it came time to play that was the title.
if any one in Wellington is interested you can pick up a copy of both these albums at the 91 Aro St gallery for $10 (cheaper than the website price).