Looking Ahead | ||||
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Studio album by Ricky Ford | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | February 14 and October 9, 1986 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 39:49 | |||
Label | Muse MR 5322 | |||
Producer | Michael Cuscuna | |||
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Looking Ahead is an album by saxophonist Ricky Ford which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] [3]
Ricky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.
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The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated "An outstanding session, with a first-rate supporting cast". [4]
AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.
All compositions by Ricky Ford except where noted
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".
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