Looking Ahead (Makanda Ken McIntyre album)

Looking Ahead is the debut album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre, recorded with fellow alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy in 1960 and released on the New Jazz label in January 1961.[1][2][3]

Looking Ahead
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (1961-01)[1]
RecordedJune 28, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length44:27
LabelNew Jazz
NJLP 8247
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Ken McIntyre chronology
Stone Blues
(1960)
Looking Ahead
(1961)
Year of the Iron Sheep
(1962)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat     [4]
Allmusic     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "It was quite fitting that Ken McIntyre had an opportunity to record in a quintet with Eric Dolphy, for his multi-instrumental approach was similar to Dolphy's, although he always had a very different sound... A very interesting date".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Ken McIntyre except as indicated

  1. "Lautir" - 4:03
  2. "Curtsy" - 5:51
  3. "Geo's Tune" - 7:15
  4. "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:06
  5. "Head Shakin'" - 10:45
  6. "Dianna" - 9:05

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (21 Jan 1961). "January Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ New Jazz Records discography accessed March 28, 2014
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M., Makanda Ken McIntyre Discography, accessed March 16, 2015
  4. ^ Down Beat: March 2, 1961 Vol. 28, No. 5
  5. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 28, 2014
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 973. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.