Chip Henderson has been an active performer across a wide range of musical settings—from traditional Dixieland ensembles to chamber orchestras—since the mid-1990s. Throughout his career, he has collaborated both formally and informally with notable artists including Marvin Stamm, Donald Brown, Ron Eschete, Mundell Lowe, Howard Alden, and Peter Bernstein.

Chip has performed extensively with small jazz groups and big bands in both the Memphis and Nashville metropolitan areas. He has also appeared with numerous orchestras, including the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, the Memphis Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, the Jackson Symphony (TN), the Knoxville Symphony, Orchestra Kentucky, and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. His versatility as a multi-instrumentalist has led to performing locally with the national touring productions of Chicago, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Lion King, High School Musical, 9 to 5, Shrek: The Musical, The Addams Family, Anything Goes, Motown, and many others.

Since 2009, Chip has worked as a freelance arranger for Hal Leonard Publishing, contributing fourteen books to the Essential Elements Guitar Ensemble series and two titles to the Jazz Guitar Chord Melody series. In 2016, Alfred Publishing released his transcription book on the soloing style of swing-era guitarist Charlie Christian—a project that led to Chip giving seminars in the U.S., Canada, and South America on Christian’s soloing style, as well as an invitation to perform at Christian’s 2018 induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Chip earned his Bachelor (1997) and Master (2002) of Music degrees in Jazz Guitar Performance from the University of Memphis, studying with Gerard Harris, and Charlton Johnson.

A faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University since 2014, Chip teaches applied jazz guitar and directs and arranges for the jazz guitar ensemble.

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Jazz Guitar Transcriptions:

• Jazz Guitar Omnibook (Consultant), Hal Leonard (HL00274203), 2019
• Charlie Christian – Selected Solos from the Father of Modern Jazz Guitar, Alfred (Alfred 45267), 2016

Class Guitar Ensemble Arrangements (Hal Leonard Publishing):

• Jazz Classics (HL00865016), 2015
• Top Hits (HL00130606), 2014
• Rock Hits (HL00865017), 2014
• Duke Ellington (HL00865009), 2013
• Jimi Hendrix (HL00865013), 2013
• Disney Songs (HL00865014), 2012
• Great Themes (HL00865012), 2012
• Christmas Classics (HL00865015), 2011
• Easy Pop Songs (HL00865011), 2011
• Jazz Standards (HL00865007), 2011
• The Beatles (HL00865008), 2010
• Bossa Nova (HL00865006), 2010
• Classical Themes (HL00865002), 2009
• Jazz Ballads (HL00865002), 2009  

Solo Jazz Guitar Arrangements (Hal Leonard Publishing):

• Duke Ellington for Solo Guitar (HL00700636), 2011
• Latin Standards for Solo Guitar (HL00865002), 2009

Jazz Guitar Ensemble Arrangements (UNC Jazz Press):

• The Thumb (Wes Montgomery), 2012
• Twisted Blues (Wes Montgomery), 2007
• Tear It Down (Wes Montgomery), 2007

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Scholarly Works (Non-Peer Review):

• Snowden, Elmer – short article, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (New York, Oxford University Press), 2013
• Hamilton, Scott – short article, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (New York, Oxford University Press), 2013
• Ulmer, James Blood – short article, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (New York, Oxford University Press), 2013
• Coryell, Larry – short article, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed. (New York, Oxford University Press), 2013
• Smith, Johnny – short article, The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.(New York, Oxford University Press), 2013

Jazz Guitar Trasncription & Analysis:

• Charlie Christian – Selected Solos from the Father of Modern Jazz Guitar, Alfred (Alfred 45267), 2016

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