Ivory Forest is a recording by a quartet led by pianist Hal Galper. It was released on the Enja Label in 1980. It features a 28-year-old John Scofield, whose 1979 Enja album Rough House featured Galper and drummer Adam Nussbaum in a similar quartet context. Nussbaum and Scofield also formed part of the Dave Liebman Quintet at this time, and played together in Scofield's trio from 1980 to 1983.
| Ivory Forest | |
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| Released | 1980 |
| Recorded | October 31–November 1, 1979 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 40:06 |
| Label | Enja |
| Producer | Matthias Winckelmann |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album opens with two solo instrumental performances of pieces from the jazz standard repertoire. First, Scofield plays a solo guitar arrangement of Thelonious Monk's "Monk's Mood", and then Galper plays a solo arrangement of the Latin American popular song Yellow Days. The rest of the album features quartet performances of compositions written by Galper.
Track listing
edit- "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:58 (solo guitar)
- "Yellows Days" (Alan Bernstein/Álvaro Carrillo) – 3:48 (solo piano)
- "Rapunzel's Luncheonette" (Hal Galper) – 9:36
- "Ivory Forest" (Hal Galper) – 7:36
- "Continuity" (Hal Galper) – 6:32
- "My Dog Spot" (Hal Galper) – 6:31