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Out Front [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Booker Little | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (1 Mar 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Candid
  • ASIN: B00004U04T
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 244,928 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Booker Little's superb sextet album from 1961. 3 Dec 2012
By Jazzrook TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
The trumpeter Booker Little died of uremia on October 5, 1961 at the tragically early age of 23 but created some magnificent music during his short life.
This excellent album was recorded in New York on March 17 & April 4, 1961 with a superb sextet featuring Eric Dolphy(alto sax, bass clarinet, flute); Julian Priester(trombone); Don Friedman(piano); Art Davis or Ron Carter(bass) & Max Roach(drums, tympani, vibes).
The seven memorable tracks are all Little originals with plenty of lyrical and melancholy playing from the trumpeter.
'Out Front' is one of Booker Little's finest albums and essential listening for anyone who appreciates passionate and challenging modern jazz.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I finally get it 2 Jan 2006
By jive rhapsodist - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This CD took its time revealing its charms to me. The use of a kind of omnipresent 3-part triadic harmony felt at the same time too rich and not rich enough. And which side of the Ornette fence does it stand on? Or does it sit on it? Well, these are the dangers of an overly canonical, overly historical approach to Jazz. If Booker would've lived past the age of 23, all would've surely been made clear. This is a very young man's record. And yet, it is the music of one who must have intuited that his time wasn't long. The playing and writing are brilliant, passionate and focused. The dirge - like qualities of Moods In Free Time are what finally woke me up to what's going on in this music. I myself would not have gone back to an ensemble part which resembles the opening at the end - that feels like the easy choice. But that's a minor cavil.

Booker's playing is so assured and lyrical. I love the way he attacks high notes. They don't seem to have the climactic function they have for so many trumpeters - they seem more like an element of design. His solos go very well next to some of composer Stefan Wolpe's music for trumpet. I also feel a link to some of Andrew Hill's music, especially Point of Departure. Not enough has been written about some music of the early - '60's which availed itself of some of the innovations of Free Jazz while continuing to make a music extremely linked to a set harmonic scheme. This is a classic of that music.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just might be Booker's best 24 April 2003
By George T. Parsons - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
The tragically short lived Booker Little (died of kidney failure on October 5, 1961, at the age of 23) on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, Eric Dolphy on alto sax, bass clarinet, and flute, Don Friedman on piano, Ron Carter plays bass on four tracks, while Art Davis supplies bass for the remaining three, Max Roach drums, and provides, tympani, and vibes.
Upbeat and sunny pieces alternate with slower and dreamier, even slightly melancholic tracks.
I've listened to this album almost more than any other jazz release I own, and I've yet to tire of it.
I was listening to "Man of Words" when I got the news that one of my oldest and best childhood friends had passed away, I can't imagine a more appropriate piece of music for such an experience.
Buy this today if you like jazz at all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly "Out Front" 5 Nov 2000
By Michael B. Richman - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Booker Little's "Out Front" is truly one of the great early recordings of the New Jazz. Recorded over two sessions in the spring of 1961 for jazz writer and critic Nat Hentoff's Candid label, "Out Front" features some of the best jazz musicians of the day -- Eric Dolphy, Julian Priester, Ron Carter and Max Roach. (Additionally, Art Davis replaces Carter on three tracks and Don Friedman plays piano.) These are names that would become synonymous with the experimental jazz innovations of the 60s. Of the numerous factors that contribute to this being a classic album, Little's creative compositions and impeccable arrangements are the most remarkable. The combination of Dolphy, Little and Priester produced bright, energetic melodies that are hauntingly evocative. Unfortunately, Little would die in just a few short months. And it's tragically ironic that just as Little was shedding the inevitable Clifford Brown comparisons, Little too would die too young and too soon. "Out Front" gives us a glimpse at what could have been, yet thankfully it is a masterpiece in its own right to relish.
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