Artist: Jimmy Forrest
Album: All the Gin Is Gone
Genre: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Label: Delmark
Released: 1997
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- All the Gin Is Gone (Forrest) - 4:50
- Laura (Raksin-Mercer) - 6:46
- You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) - 6:36
- Myra (Forrest) - 5:34
- Caravan (Ellington-Mills-Tizol) - 9:27
- What's New (Haggart-Burke) - 3:01
- Sunkenfoal (Forrest) - 5:18
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- Personnel:
- Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
- Grant Green - guitar
- Harold Mabern - piano
- Gene Ramey - bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
This was the first album that tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest made after his R&B phase ended. Particularly notable is that the set served as the recording debut of guitarist Grant Green; completing the band are pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Elvin Jones. The top-notch group performs two ballads, "Caravan" and three basic Forrest originals, including the title cut. The music is essentially melodic and blues-based hard bop that looks toward soul-jazz. Everyone sounds in fine form.
Review by Scott Yanow