''First Flight Out'' is an album by saxophonist
Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1994 and released on the
Arabesque
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label.
Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography
accessed May 15, 2018
Track listing
All compositions by Charles McPherson except where noted
# "Lynns Grins" – 4:08
# "Lizabeth" – 5:51
# "Blues for Chuck" – 6:59
# "Nostalgia in Times Square" ( Charles Mingus) – 7:46
# "Well, You Needn't
This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk.
0-9 52nd Street Theme
A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...
" (Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
) – 5:27
# "7th Dimension" – 6:19
# "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a jazz instrumental composed by Charles Mingus, originally recorded by his sextet in 1959 and released on his album '' Mingus Ah Um''. It was subsequently released on his 1963 album, '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Ming ...
" (Mingus) – 7:20
# "Deep Night
"Deep Night" is a song and jazz standard with a melody composed in 1929 by Charles E. Henderson and lyrics written by Rudy Vallee. The tune is written in a minor key.
History
The song was first recorded in 1929 by Vallee with The Connecticut Yan ...
" ( Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallée
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Early life
Hubert Prior Vall ...
) – 6:04
# "Portrait" (Mingus) – 5:08
# "Karen" – 4:18
# " My Funny Valentine" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:40
# "First Flight Out" – 3:51
Personnel
* Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
*Tom Harrell
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– trumpet, flugelhorn
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* Michael Weiss (swimmer) (born 1991), American swimmer
* Michael Weiss (triathlete) (born 1981), Austrian triathlete and cyclist
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– piano
*Peter Washington
Peter Washington (born in Los Angeles on August 28, 1964) is a jazz double bassist. He played with the Westchester Community Symphony at the age of 14. Later he played electric bass in rock bands. He attended the University of California, Berke ...
– double bass
*Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis (born May 20, 1950) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
Early life
Victor Lewis was born on May 20, 1950 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Richard Lewis, who played saxophone and mother, Camille, a pianist-vocalist ...
– drums
References
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Arabesque Records albums
Charles McPherson (musician) albums
1994 albums