Straight Ahead (David "Fathead" Newman album)

Straight Ahead
Studio album by David "Fathead" Newman
Released 1961
Recorded December 21, 1960
NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 38:04
Label Atlantic
SD 1366
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
David "Fathead" Newman chronology
The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!!
(1960)
Straight Ahead
(1961)
Fathead Comes On
(1961)

Straight Ahead is an album by saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "There is nothing particularly innovative about this recording, but the level of expertise and musical maturity displayed here is truly astonishing. This is simply straight-ahead hard bop performed by some of the finest musicians in 1960s jazz".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by David "Fathead" Newman except as indicated

  1. "Batista's Groove" - 7:25
  2. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 4:39
  3. "Night of Nisan" - 7:59
  4. "Cousin Slim" - 7:07
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 6:34
  6. "Congo Chant" - 4:20

Personnel

References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed July 20, 2015
  2. David Newman discography accessed July 20, 2015
  3. 1 2 Review, Allmusic. Straight Ahead – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
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