Soul Street (album)

Soul Street
Studio album by Jimmy Forrest
Released 1962
Recorded September 9, 1960, September 1 and October 19, 1961 and June 1, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 49:09
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8293
Producer Esmond Edwards
Jimmy Forrest chronology
Most Much!
(1961)
Soul Street
(1960-62)
Black Forrest
(1972)

Soul Street is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded at four different sessions between 1960 and 1962 (with the CD edition adding a bonus track from 1958) and released on the New Jazz label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "A popular yet underrated tenor saxophonist, Jimmy Forrest is featured in several different settings".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except as indicated

  1. "Soul Street" - 9:06
  2. "I Love You" (Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson) - 5:13
  3. "Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 3:19
  4. "Soft Summer Breeze" (Eddie Heywood, Judy Spencer) - 4:07
  5. "Experiment in Terror" (Henry Mancini) - 2:25
  6. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn) - 3:56
  7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:51
  8. "I Wanna Blow, Blow, Blow" (Jerry Valentine) - 5:53 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Production

References

  1. New Jazz Records discography accessed January 29, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 29, 2013
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