| Exploring the Future | ||||
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| Studio album by The Curtis Counce Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | April 8, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 53:28CD reissue with additional tracks | |||
| Label | Dooto DTL 247 | |||
| Producer | Nick Coleman | |||
| Curtis Counce chronology | ||||
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Exploring the Future is an album led by American jazz bassist Curtis Counce recorded in 1958 and released on the Dooto label. [1] [2] [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although he lived for another five years after this session, this seems to be bassist Curtis Counce's last date as a leader. His quintet was in fine form playing originals by band member Elmo Hope and tenor saxophonist Harold Land, ... Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson, who became better known to jazz fans while with Duke Ellington in the '60s, fits in beautifully with the cool-sounding hard bop style of this tight unit". [4]
All compositions by Elmo Hope except where noted
St. Elmo Sylvester Hope was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were close friends of another influential pianist, Thelonious Monk.
Curtis Counce was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist.
Rolf Ericson was a Swedish jazz trumpeter. He also played the flugelhorn.
Frank Butler was an American jazz drummer.
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