Lookin' Ahead
| Lookin' Ahead | ||||
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| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | January 7, 1962 January 19, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Pacific Jazz Studios Hollywood, California, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Pacific Jazz PJ 43 | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| The Jazz Crusaders chronology | ||||
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Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on Pacific Jazz Records.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote, "The tenor-trombone frontline created by Wilton Felder and Henderson, along with the funky yet swinging playing of pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper and bassist Jimmy Bond on this hard-to-find set made the group instantly recognizable and surprisingly popular from the start".[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Song of India" (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) – 4:02
- "Big Hunk of Funk" (Wilton Felder) – 5:00
- "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:50
- "507 Neyland" (Wayne Henderson) – 3:56
- "Till All Ends" (Joe Sample) – 3:33
- "Tortoise and the Hare" (Sample) – 4:24
- "In a Dream" (Henderson) – 3:20
- "Sinnin' Sam" (Stix Hooper) – 4:39
- "The Young Rabbits" (Henderson) – 3:35
Personnel
[edit]- Wayne Henderson – trombone
- Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
- Joe Sample – piano
- Jimmy Bond – bass
- Stix Hooper – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10000/20000 series accessed January 12, 2016
- ^ Stix Hooper Discography Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 12, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Freedom Sound – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
