Released 1961 Length 34:43 Label Vee Jay Records | Recorded 1961 Producer Sid McCoy Release date 1961 | |
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Exodus to Jazz is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1961 and released on the Vee-Jay label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review states "Exodus to Jazz is full of concise, easy-swinging grooves that maintain the appealing quality of the strikingly reimagined title track (particularly Harris' four originals). Far removed from his later, funkier days, Harris plays a cool-toned tenor who owes his biggest debt to Stan Getz's bop recordings, though there are touches of soul-jazz as well... Exodus to Jazz paved the way for numerous other crossover successes during the '60s (many in the soul-jazz realm), and while that may not be a credibility-boosting trend to start, the music still speaks for itself".
Track listing
All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated
- "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) - 6:38
- "Alicia" - 3:39
- "Gone Home" - 2:53
- "A.T.C." - 5:31
- "A.M. Blues" (Willie Pickens) - 2:45
- "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:21
- "Velocity" - 5:08
- "W.P." (Pickens) - 4:31
Personnel
Songs
1Exodus6:48
2Alicia3:41
3Gone Home2:56