Wahoo!
1965 studio album by Duke Pearson
Wahoo! | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Pearson | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | November 21, 1964 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:04 | |||
Label | Blue Note BST 84191 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Duke Pearson chronology | ||||
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Wahoo! is an album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson, featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1964.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the album "A truly wonderful advanced hard bop date, Wahoo captures pianist Duke Pearson at his most adventurous and creative... one of the finest sophisticated hard bop dates Blue Note released in the mid-'60s".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Pearson, except where noted.
- "Amanda" – 9:26
- "Bedouin" – 9:30
- "Farewell Machelle" – 2:48
- "Wahoo" – 7:19
- "ESP (Extrasensory Perception)" – 7:50
- "Fly Little Bird Fly" (Donald Byrd) – 6:11
Personnel
- Duke Pearson – piano
- Donald Byrd – trumpet (all tracks except #3)
- James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute (all tracks except #3)
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone (all tracks except #3)
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Mickey Roker – drums
References
- ^ Duke Pearson discography accessed March 17, 2017
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Wahoo! at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Profile (1959)
- Tender Feelin's (1959)
- Angel Eyes (1961–62)
- Dedication! (1961)
- Hush! (1962)
- Wahoo! (1964)
- Honeybuns (1965)
- Prairie Dog (1966)
- Sweet Honey Bee (1966)
- The Right Touch (1967)
- Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68)
- I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70)
- Now Hear This (1968)
- The Phantom (1968)
- How Insensitive (1969)
- Merry Ole Soul (1969)
- It Could Only Happen with You (1970)
Donald
Byrd
- Fuego (1959)
- At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
- Byrd in Flight (1960)
- The Cat Walk (1961)
- A New Perspective (1963)
- Fancy Free (1969)
- Kofi (1969–70)
- Electric Byrd (1970)
others
- Little Johnny C (Johnny Coles, 1963)
- Idle Moments (Grant Green, 1963)
- The Kicker (Bobby Hutcherson, 1963)
- Mean What You Say (Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)
only
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964)
- Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967)
- Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963)
- Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966)
- Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968)
- A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966)
- Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967)
- Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966)
- A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
- The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
- The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)