''Out of This World'' is an album by the

Pepper Adams Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

Quintet. The album features the recording debut of pianist

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

Reception

The contemporaneous ''

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'' reviewer,

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, stated that the album was "the most successful Adams–Byrd collaboration to date", and described Hancock as "a capable and promising pianist".

Track listing

Original issue, Warwick W 2041 # " Out of This World" (

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) # "Curro's" (

) # "It's a Beautiful Evening" ( Ray Rasch, Dotty Wayne) # "Mr. Lucky Theme" (

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) (theme of TV-series '' Mr. Lucky'') # "Bird House" (Donald Byrd) # "

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, John Latouche,

Billy Strayhorn William Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take ...

) Volume 2, Warwick W 2041-2 #" I'm an Old Cowhand" (

) (previously unreleased) 9:42 #"Day Dreams"(alt. take) 4:50 #"Out of This World" (alt. take) 3:55 #"Mr. Lucky" (alt. take) 6:42 #"Curro's" (alt. take) 6:40 #"Byrd House" (alt. take) 5:50 2010 issue, Fresh Sound Records #"Byrd House" 10:52 #"Mr. Lucky" 8:09 #"Day Dreams" 5:10 #"I'm an Old Cowhand" 9:44 #"Curro's" 11:51 #"It's a Beautiful Evening" 5:21 #"Out of This World" 9:40

Personnel

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baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

- ballad feature on "Day Dreams" *

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Laymon Jackson –

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Teddy Charles Teddy Charles (April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012) was an American jazz musician and composer, whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums. Career Born Theodore Charles Cohen in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States, he s ...

- vibes on "It's a Beautiful Evening"

Reissues

The recording sessions were reissued under various titles and leading artists, some even with changed track titles (false composer credits, missing names of bassist and drummer and the recording date). The first rereleases in the 1970s were probably the following on the American TCB label: *Donald Byrd/Herbie Hancock – ''Takin' Care of Business'' (TCB LP 1002) *''Jammin' with Herbie Hancock'' (TCB LP 1006) #"T.C.B. with Herbie" = "Out of This World" #"Jammin' with Herbie" = "Curro's" #"Rock Your Soul" = "Mr. Lucky Theme" #"Herbie's Blues" = "Bird House" #"Soul Power" = "Day Dreams" #"Cat Call" = "I'm an Old Cowhand" :("It's a Beautiful Evening" is missing.) Further titles with Hancock starring on the (CD) cover were e.g. ''Rock Your Soul'', ''Voyager'', ''Jammin or just ''Hancock!''. Other examples are "Donald Byrd Pepper Adams Quintet featuring Herbie Hancock – ''Touchstone''" or "Herbie Hancock with Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Quintet"., for the last-mentioned see 'Other Versions'.

References

{{Authority control 1961 albums Albums produced by Teddy Charles Warwick Records (United States) albums Donald Byrd albums Pepper Adams albums Instrumental albums