Ivory Forest
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Ivory Forest is a recording by a quartet led by pianist Hal Galper
. It was released on the Enja Label in 1980. It features a 28-year old John Scofield, whose playing is quite recognisable, despite the fact that he had not yet developed his signature sound.
Hal Galper
-Biography:He studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz which he studied at the Berklee College of Music from 1955 to 1958. He hung out at Herb Pomeroy's club, The Stable, hearing local Boston musicians like Jackie Byard, Alan Dawson and Sam Rivers. Galper started sitting in and became...
. It was released on the Enja Label in 1980. It features a 28-year old John Scofield, whose playing is quite recognisable, despite the fact that he had not yet developed his signature sound.
Track listing
- "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkThelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
) – 5:58 - "Yellows Days" (Alan Bernstein/Álvaro CarrilloÁlvaro CarrilloÁlvaro Carrillo Alarcón was a Mexican popular music composer born in San Juan Cacahuatepec, Oaxaca, on 2 December 1921, who died in a car accident on 3 April 1969...
) – 3:48 - "Rapunzel's Luncheonette" (Hal Galper) – 9:36
- "Ivory Forest" (Hal Galper) – 7:36
- "Continuity" (Hal Galper) – 6:32
- "My Dog Spot" (Hal Galper) – 6:31
Personnel
- Hal GalperHal Galper-Biography:He studied classical piano as a boy, but switched to jazz which he studied at the Berklee College of Music from 1955 to 1958. He hung out at Herb Pomeroy's club, The Stable, hearing local Boston musicians like Jackie Byard, Alan Dawson and Sam Rivers. Galper started sitting in and became...
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