| Looking Ahead | ||||
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| Studio album by Ken McIntyre with Eric Dolphy | ||||
| Released | January 1961 [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 | ||||
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Looking Ahead is the debut album by American saxophonist Ken McIntyre, recorded with Eric Dolphy in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in January 1961. [1] [2] [3]
| Review scores | |
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| 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]
All compositions by Ken McIntyre except as indicated
Makanda Ken McIntyre was an American jazz musician, composer and educator. In addition to his primary instrument, the alto saxophone, he played flute, bass clarinet, oboe, bassoon, double bass, drums, and piano.
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Ezz-thetics is a studio album by the George Russell sextet, released on Riverside Records in mid-1961.
Straight Ahead is a jazz studio album by saxophonist Oliver Nelson. It features acclaimed musicians such as Eric Dolphy on sax, clarinet and flute, and Roy Haynes on drums. It was recorded in March 1961 at the celebrated Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs. All the pieces were first takes; Joe Goldberg recalls: "The session was scheduled for one in the afternoon and I arrived at 3:30, thinking that by then the music would have been rehearsed and the men would be starting to play. What I found was a studio empty of everyone but A&R man Esmond Edwards", the supervisor, "and engineer Rudy Van Gelder, who were packing up to leave and looking very satisfied." Released in 1961 for the Prestige/New Jazz label and remastered in 1989, the album is notable for its long and thoughtful horn duets by Dolphy and Nelson. Don DeMicheal described the album "All in all, a warm, very human record".
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Open Horizon is an album recorded by American saxophonist Ken McIntyre in 1975 for the SteepleChase label.
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Chasing the Sun is an album recorded by American saxophonist Ken McIntyre in 1978 for the SteepleChase label.
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