Songs & Stories4 Feb 2024

Honoring Eddie Henderson

When a jazz musician rolls into Denver for a performance, it's not often that a documentary film and immersive art exhibition await them. But jazz-great Eddie Henderson is no ordinary musician, nor has he led an ordinary life.

A few hours before Henderson played a two-show set at Denver’s premier jazz venue, Dazzle, an exhibit called Time and Spaces: The Life of Eddie Henderson opened to the public at the CU Denver Experience Gallery in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. It features archival photos, one of Henderson’s trumpets, and memorabilia, including a pair of skates he wore as a professional figure skater.

There was also a room to view a twenty-minute clip of the documentary Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius. The film examines the 83-year-old musician’s life, including how he overcame racial barriers and broke into fields that underrepresented Black men. In the 1960s, he became a professional figure skater and a practicing medical doctor. The documentary by Michelle Carpenter will screen at film festivals nationwide and air on PBS in February.

In this episode, we’ll hear from Andrew Palamara, the Gallery Coordinator for the exhibit Time and Spaces, Michelle Carpenter, documentarian for the film Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius, but up first is Mark Rabideau, a tenured professor of music at Colorado University and a good friend to Eddie Henderson.

Be sure to stick around for an exclusive interview with Dr. Henderson towards the end of this podcast.

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