Ragged Jack is an album by keyboardist Jamie Saft and trumpeter Cuong Vu which was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1997.[1]

Ragged Jack
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
RecordedMarch 26, 1995, Eastside Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length63:05
LabelAvant Avan 068
ProducerJamie Saft & Cuong Vu
Jamie Saft chronology
Ragged Jack
(1997)
Sovlanut
(2000)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

In his review for Allmusic, Nitsuh Abebe notes that "The resulting sessions have a fractured bop feel that might be marginally influenced by the downtown scene, but tend more toward solid, "traditional" free-jazz".[2]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Cuong Vu except as indicated

  1. "Garbo" - 5:05
  2. "Mr. Mister" (Jamie Saft) - 7:10
  3. "Little Vina" - 9:58
  4. "The Schmucklehead" - 12:50
  5. "Mahunk" (Saft) - 4:38
  6. "In Hear" (Andrew D'Angelo) - 6:06
  7. "Or Anything Else" (D'Angelo) - 4:18
  8. "Karin" (Saft) - 8:56
  9. "Jack's in the House" - 3:22

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jamie Saft discography accessed January 9, 2014
  2. ^ a b Abebe, Nitsuh. Jamie Saft & Cuong Vu – Ragged Jack > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2014.