Look for the Black Star
1966 studio album by Dewey Redman
Look for the Black Star | ||||
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Studio album by Dewey Redman | ||||
Released | 1966 | |||
Recorded | January 4, 1966 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:24 | |||
Label | Freedom Records (USA) Fontana Records (Netherlands, Japan) | |||
Producer | Alan Bates | |||
Dewey Redman chronology | ||||
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Freedom Records cover | ||||
Look for the Black Star is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1966 and originally released on the Dutch Fontana label but later released in the U.S. on the Freedom label in 1975.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This early recording finds Redman discovering his own individual voice on five of his frequently emotional originals... this San Francisco date is quite adventurous and holds one's interest throughout".[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Dewey Redman
- "Look for the Black Star" - 15:41
- "For Eldon" - 6:29
- "Spur of the Moment" - 1:54
- "Seven and One" - 13:22
- "Of Love" - 7:58
- Recorded in San Francisco on January 4, 1966
Personnel
- Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone
- Jim Young (also known as Jymm or Joachim Young)- piano
- Donald Garrett - bass, clarinet
- Eddie Moore - drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Look for the Black Star (1966)
- Tarik (1969)
- The Ear of the Behearer (1973)
- Coincide (1974)
- Musics (1978)
- Soundsigns (1978)
- The Struggle Continues (1982)
- Living on the Edge (1989)
- Choices (with Joshua Redman, 1992)
- African Venus (with Joshua Redman, 1992)
- Momentum Space (with Cecil Taylor and Elvin Jones, 1998)
- Red and Black in Willisau (with Ed Blackwell, 1980)
- In London (1996)
- Old and New Dreams (1976)
- Old and New Dreams (1979)
- Playing (1980)
- A Tribute to Blackwell (1987)
- Joshua Redman (son)