Future's Gold

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Future's Gold
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Studio album by Ricky Ford
Released 1983
Recorded February 9, 1983
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length36:38
Label Muse
MR 5296
Producer Michael Cuscuna
Ricky Ford chronology
Interpretations
(1982)
Future's Gold
(1983)
Shorter Ideas
(1984)

Future's Gold is an album by saxophonist Ricky Ford which was recorded in 1983 and released on the Muse label. [1] [2] [3]

Ricky Ford American jazz tenor saxophonist

Ricky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Muse Records

Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "What makes this outing by tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford a bit different than his previous ones is that in addition to the fine trio, Larry Coryell is an important voice on the record, playing electric guitar on the first four songs and acoustic 12-string guitar on the remaining four tunes. Ford, a vastly underrated but talented tenorman, contributes six originals ... An excellent record, it is recommended both for the contributions of Ford and the surprisingly versatile Coryell". [4]

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Track listing

All compositions by Ricky Ford except where noted

  1. "A-Flat Now" – 4:39
  2. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 5:56
  3. "Samba de Caribe" – 4:30
  4. "Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) – 3:15
  5. "Future's Gold" – 3:55
  6. "Knowledge" – 6:11
  7. "Centenarian Waltz" – 4:45
  8. "Hindsight and Necessity" – 4:31

Personnel

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

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 A2 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".

Larry Coryell American guitarist

Larry Coryell was an American jazz guitarist known as the "Godfather of Fusion".

Electric guitar electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup generally uses electromagnetic induction to create this signal, which being relatively weak is fed into a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.

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References

  1. Muse LP series discography: 5250 to 5299 accessed September 27, 2017
  2. Muse Records listing, accessed September 27, 2017
  3. Jazzlists: Ricky Ford discography, accessed September 27, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ricky Ford: Future's Gold – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 27, 2017.