Booker Little and Friend

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Booker Little and Friend
Studio album by
Booker Little
Released1961
RecordedSummer 1961
GenreJazz
Length48:22
LabelBethlehem
ProducerTeddy Charles
Booker Little chronology
Out Front
(1961) 		Booker Little and Friend
(1961)

Booker Little and Friend is the final album led by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Bethlehem label.[1] It was reissued under the title Victory and Sorrow in the vinyl era. The CD reissue added two previously released alternate takes.

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "Booker Little is generally the top soloist on the harmonically advanced hard bop date and he is in peak form throughout".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Booker Little except as indicated

  1. "Victory and Sorrow" – 5:56
  2. "Forward Flight" – 6:18
  3. "Looking Ahead" – 7:25
  4. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:11
  5. "Calling Softly" – 5:39
  6. "Booker's Blues" – 5:16
  7. "Matilde" – 5:55
  8. "Looking Ahead" [alternate take 4] – 8:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Looking Ahead" [alternate take 7] – 8:15 Bonus track on CD reissue

*Recorded in New York City, Summer 1961.

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Booker Little discography accessed February 10, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 201.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 127. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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