''Insight'' is an album by saxophonist/flautist
Prince Lasha
William B. Lawsha, better known as Prince Lasha (), (September 10, 1929 – December 12, 2008) was an United States of America, American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, baritone saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist and English horn player.
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which was recorded in England in 1966 and originally released on the
CBS
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label.
Discogs album entry
accessed August 29, 2015
Reception
Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Thom Jurek stating: "this is not an exploratory outside date, but a straight-ahead session of originals and standards, divided between uptempo numbers and ballads. ...For all its traditionalism, this is indeed a major date for Lasha and reveals how deeply ensconced he was in the bop and swing lineages".
Track listing
''All compositions by Prince Lasha except as indicated''
# "Nuttin Out Jones" - 6:16
# " Out of Nowhere" ( Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
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) - 7:37
# " Body & Soul" (Green, Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour
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) - 6:32
# "Impressions of Eric Dolphy" - 7:06
# " Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair
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Adair was born on 15 June 1913, in Newton, Kansas, where his father owned a clothing store: he was the only child of Willi ...
, Matt Dennis) - 5:23
# "Just Friends
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" (John Klenner
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, Sam M. Lewis) - 6:54
Personnel
*Prince Lasha
William B. Lawsha, better known as Prince Lasha (), (September 10, 1929 – December 12, 2008) was an United States of America, American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, baritone saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist and English horn player.
Life a ...
- alto saxophone, flute
*Chris Bateson - trumpet
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*John Mumford - trombone
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* David Snell - harp
* Mike Carr, Stan Tracey
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- piano
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*Bruce Cale
Bruce Cale (born 17 February 1939, Leura) is an Australian jazz double-bassist and composer.
Career
Cale began studying music at age nine, and worked professionally in Sydney from 1958. He worked with Bryce Rohde's quartet from 1962–65, then ...
, Dave Willis, Jeff Clyne
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He worked with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part ...
, Rick Laird
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- bass
*Joe Oliver - drums
References
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Prince Lasha albums
1966 albums
CBS Records albums