| Out of This World | ||||
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| Studio album by Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | March 2, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Warwick W 2041 | |||
| Producer | Teddy Charles | |||
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| Donald Byrd chronology | ||||
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Out of This World is an album by the Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet. [1] [2] [3] The album features the recording debut of pianist Herbie Hancock.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| DownBeat | [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, stated that the album was "the most successful Adams–Byrd collaboration to date", and described Hancock as "a capable and promising pianist". [5]
Original issue, Warwick W 2041
Volume 2, Warwick W 2041-2
2010 issue, Fresh Sound Records
The recording sessions were reissued under various titles and leading artists, some even with changed track titles (false composer credits, missing names of bassist and drummer and the recording date). The first rereleases in the 1970s were probably the following on the American TCB label:
Further titles with Hancock starring on the (CD) cover were e.g. Rock Your Soul, Voyager, Jammin' or just Hancock!. Other examples are "Donald Byrd Pepper Adams Quintet featuring Herbie Hancock – Touchstone" or "Herbie Hancock with Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Quintet". [9]
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