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Exodus to Jazz

Album by Eddie Harris

Exodus to Jazz is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1961 and released on the Vee-Jay label.[2][3]

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Reception

The Allmusic review states "Exodus to Jazz is full of concise, easy-swinging grooves that maintain the appealing quality of the strikingly reimagined title track (particularly Harris' four originals). Far removed from his later, funkier days, Harris plays a cool-toned tenor who owes his biggest debt to Stan Getz's bop recordings, though there are touches of soul-jazz as well... Exodus to Jazz paved the way for numerous other crossover successes during the '60s (many in the soul-jazz realm), and while that may not be a credibility-boosting trend to start, the music still speaks for itself".[4]

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Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) - 6:38
  2. "Alicia" - 3:39
  3. "Gone Home" - 2:53
  4. "A.T.C." - 5:31
  5. "A.M. Blues" (Willie Pickens) - 2:45
  6. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:21
  7. "Velocity" - 5:08
  8. "W.P." (Pickens) - 4:31

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Swedien, Bruce (2003). Make Mine Music. Norway: MIA Musikk. p. 75. ISBN 82-996756-1-8.
  2. [2]
    Callahan, M. & Edwards, D. Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978) accessed May 7, 2012
  3. [3]
    Eddie Harris discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  4. [4]
    Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 7, 2012
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