In Orbit (Clark Terry album)

In Orbit
Studio album by Clark Terry
Released	1958
Recorded	May 7 & 12, 1958
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:51(Reissue)
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Clark Terry chronology
Duke with a Difference (1957) In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1959)

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Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

In Orbit is an album by jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, also featuring Thelonious Monk, which was recorded in New York on May 7 & 12, 1958. ^[3]

It was Monk's only Riverside appearance as sideman, the first of Terry's recordings on flugelhorn, and the first Riverside date with bassist Sam Jones. ^[4]

Monk introduced Riverside to some its most important artists, including Johnny Griffin, Wilbur Ware, Sonny Rollins, and Terry. ^[5]

It features one Monk composition, "Let's Cool One" ^[6]

Track listing

1. "In Orbit" (Terry)
2. "One Foot in the Gutter (Terry)
3. "Trust In Me" (Wever, Schwartz, Ager)
4. "Let's Cool One" (Monk)
5. "Pea-Eye" (Terry)
6. "Argentia" (Terry)
7. "Moonlight Fiesta" (Mills, Tizol)
8. "Buck's Business" (Terry)
9. "Very Near Blue" (Sara Cassey)
10. "Flugelin' the Blues" (Terry), additional track not on original LP release.

Personnel

• Clark Terry – flugelhorn
• Thelonious Monk – piano
• Sam Jones – bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1391. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography, accessed March 9, 2015
4. Liner notes to OJC Reissue
5. Liner notes to OJC Reissue
6. Allmusic review