Fantastic Frank Strozier

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Fantastic Frank Strozier
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Studio album by
Frank Strozier
Released1960
RecordedDecember 9, 1959 (#1-2, 7-10)
February 3, 1960 (#3-6, 11)
Studio
  • Fine Sound (New York City) (#1-2, 7-10)
  • Bell Sound (New York City) (#3-6, 11)
Genre Jazz
Length34:46original LP
72:15 CD reissue
Label Vee-Jay
VJLP 3005
Producer Sid McCoy
Frank Strozier chronology
Fantastic Frank Strozier
(1960)		 Long Night
(1961)

Fantastic Frank Strozier is the debut album by American saxophonist Frank Strozier, recorded in 1959 and 1960 for Vee-Jay Records. [1] The personnel includes the rhythm section from part of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue , recorded earlier in 1959. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic describes the music of Fantastic Frank Strozier as "advanced hard bop" that "is both enjoyable and (due to Little's presence) somewhat historic"; [2] (trumpeter Booker Little died in 1961 after a short but brilliant career, making this album one of Little's few recordings). Critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton of The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album a favorable review, noting that "we have long held this record in high esteem and it never fails to deliver." [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Frank Strozier except as indicated

  1. "W. K. Blues" (Wynton Kelly) – 4:07
  2. "A Starling's Theme" – 5:27
  3. "I Don't Know" – 8:19
  4. "Waltz of the Demons" (Booker Little) – 5:42
  5. "Runnin'" – 4:20
  6. "Off Shore" (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:51

Bonus tracks on VeeJay 2014 CD reissue:

  2. "Lucka Duce" – 9:57
  3. "Run" – 3:39
  4. "Tibbit" – 9:51
  5. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 7:30
  6. "Off Shore" (Alternate Take 3) (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:32

Bonus tracks on Koch Jazz 2000 CD reissue:

  2. "Lucka Duce" – 9:57
  3. "Tibbit" – 9:51
  4. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 7:30
  5. "Waltz of the Demons" (Alternate Take) (Booker Little) – 6:30
  6. "Off Shore" (Alternate Take 3) (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:32

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Frank Strozier discography" . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. Fantastic Frank Strozier at AllMusic . Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  3. 1 2 Morton, Brian; Richard Cook (2010). The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (10th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 237–238. ISBN   978-0-14-104831-4.
  4. ↑ Morton, Brian; Richard Cook. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1350. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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