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Soul Street (album)

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Released
  
1962

Soul Street (1960-62)
  
Black Forrest (1972)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

Length
  
49:09

Artist
  
Jimmy Forrest

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 9, 1960, September 1 and October 19, 1961 and June 1, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
Jimmy Forrest albums, Jazz albums

Jimmy forrest soul street


Soul Street is a compilation album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded at four different sessions between 1960 and 1962 (with the CD edition adding a bonus track from 1958) and released on New Jazz Some tracks appear as CD bonus tracks on other CDs but this is the only album on which the Big Band tracks appear.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "A popular yet underrated tenor saxophonist, Jimmy Forrest is featured in several different settings".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except as indicated

  1. "Soul Street" - 9:06
  2. "I Love You" (Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson) - 5:13
  3. "Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 3:19
  4. "Soft Summer Breeze" (Eddie Heywood, Judy Spencer) - 4:07
  5. "Experiment in Terror" (Henry Mancini) - 2:25
  6. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn) - 3:56
  7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:51
  8. "I Wanna Blow, Blow, Blow" (Jerry Valentine) - 5:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on August 29, 1958 (track 8) and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 9, 1960 (track 1), September 1, 1960 (track 7), October 19, 1960 (tracks 2 & 3), 1961 and June 1, 1962 (tracks 4-6)

    • Personnel

  • Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
  • Art Farmer (track 8), Ernie Royal (tracks 4-6), Idrees Sulieman (track 8) - trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 4-6), George "Buster" Cooper (track 8) - trombone
  • Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone, flute (track 8)
  • George Barrow (tracks 4-6), King Curtis (track 1), Seldon Powell (tracks 4-6) - tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 8)
  • Ray Bryant (track 8), Gene Casey (track 1), Hugh Lawson (tracks 2, 3 & 7), Chris Woods (tracks 4-6) - piano
  • Tiny Grimes (track 8), Mundell Lowe (tracks 4-6), Calvin Newborn (track 7) - guitar
  • Richard Davis (tracks 4-6), George Duvivier (track 1), Wendell Marshall (track 8), Tommy Potter (tracks 2, 3 & 7) - bass
  • Roy Haynes (track 1), Osie Johnson (track 8), Clarence Johnston (tracks 2, 3 & 7), Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 4-6) - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas (tracks 2 & 3)
  • Oliver Nelson - tenor saxophone (track 1), arranger and conductor (tracks 4-6)
  • Jerry Valentine - arranger (track 8)

    • Production

  • Esmond Edwards - supervisor
  • Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

    • Songs

    1Soul Street9:06
    2I Love You5:13
    3Sonny Boy3:19

    References

    Soul Street (album) Wikipedia
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