On the Trail

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On the Trail
On the Trail (Jimmy Heath album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedSpring 1964
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length37:09
Label Riverside
RLP 486
Jimmy Heath chronology
Swamp Seed
(1963)
On the Trail
(1964)
Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank
(1965)

On the Trail is the sixth album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1964 originally released on the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "Heath is in excellent form with a quintet... It's a good example of his playing talents". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated

  1. "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofé) - 5:04
  2. "Cloak and Dagger" - 4:17
  3. "Vanity" (Guy Wood, Jack Manus, Bernard Bierman) - 4:37
  4. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:19
  5. "Gingerbread Boy" - 5:29
  6. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) - 5:13
  7. "Project S" - 8:01

Personnel

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References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed October 23, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 23, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 679. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.