''Out of the Forrest'' is an album by saxophonist
Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the
Prestige
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Prestige Records discography
accessed January 29, 2013
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awarded the album 4 stars stating "His highly expressive powers and ability to say a lot with a few notes is very much in evidence on this excellent set".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
January 29, 2013
Track listing
''All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except as indicated''
# "Bolo Blues" - 4:07
# " I Cried for You" ( Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed
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, Abe Lyman
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His name at birth was Abra ...
) - 5:03
# "I've Got a Right to Cry" ( Joe Liggins) - 4:22
# " This Can't Be Love" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:03
# "By the River Sainte Marie" (Edgar Leslie
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Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York. He published his first song in 1909, starting a lo ...
, Harry Warren) - 5:13
# " Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach
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, Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...
) - 5:08
# "Crash Program" (Forrest, Johnson) - 4:02
# " That's All" (Alan Brandt
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, Bob Haymes
Robert William Haymes (March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989), also known by the stage names Robert Stanton and Bob Stanton, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and radio and television host. He is best remembered for co-writing the song " Th ...
) - 4:54
Personnel
* Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
* Joe Zawinul - piano
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*Tommy Potter
Charles Thomas Potter (September 21, 1918 – March 1, 1988) was an American jazz double bass player, best known for having been a member of Charlie Parker's "classic quintet", with Miles Davis, between 1947 and 1950.
Born in Philadelphia, Penn ...
- bass
* Clarence Johnston - drums
Production
*Esmond Edwards - supervisor
*Rudy Van Gelder
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- engineer
References
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Jimmy Forrest albums
1961 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards