Looking Ahead (Makanda Ken McIntyre album)

Looking Ahead is the debut album by American saxophonist Ken McIntyre, recorded with Eric Dolphy in 1960 for the New Jazz label.[2][3]

Looking Ahead
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1961[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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[4]
Allmusic[5]

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

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

References

  1. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (21 Jan 1961). "January Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 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. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 28, 2014
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