Looking Ahead (Makanda Ken McIntyre album)

Looking Ahead
Studio album by Ken McIntyre with Eric Dolphy
Released	January 1961 (1961-01) [1]
Recorded	June 28, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:27
Label	New Jazz NJLP 8247
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Ken McIntyre chronology
Stone Blues (1960) Looking Ahead (1961) Year of the Iron Sheep (1962)

Looking Ahead is the debut album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre, recorded with fellow alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in January 1961. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[4]
Allmusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "It was quite fitting that Ken McIntyre had an opportunity to record in a quintet with Eric Dolphy, for his multi-instrumental approach was similar to Dolphy's, although he always had a very different sound... A very interesting date". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Ken McIntyre except as indicated

1. "Lautir" - 4:03
2. "Curtsy" - 5:51
3. "Geo's Tune" - 7:15
4. "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:06
5. "Head Shakin'" - 10:45
6. "Dianna" - 9:05

Personnel

• Ken McIntyre - alto saxophone, flute
• Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
• Walter Bishop Jr. - piano
• Sam Jones - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

References

1. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (January 21, 1961). "January Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box . New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
2. New Jazz Records discography accessed March 28, 2014
3. Fitzgerald, M., Makanda Ken McIntyre Discography, accessed March 16, 2015
4. Down Beat: March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
5. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 28, 2014
6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 973. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.