Jaki Byard Out Front

[bertrand]

I am getting mixed information from discographies and Amazon reviews. On the one hand, some say that Booker is on 4 tracks (including the two CD bonus tracks). On the other hand, I thought a friend of mine who bought it years ago said Booker is only on one track. The sound clips only have him on 'Searchlight', but they are only 30-second clips.

Can anyone who has this set me straight?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

[Chuck Nessa]

The horns only play on tracks 3, 4, 7 and 8.

[Simon8]

Like Chuck said, except that the sole horn on track 7 is Jaki on alto.

[Chuck Nessa]

Track 6 is the one with Jaki on alto. Richard Williams and Booker play on 7.

[Simon8]

Oh yes, that's right. Mea culpa !

[jazztrain]

How ironic. I picked up a used copy of this sometime in the last few months and listened to it yesterday and today for the first time.

Chuck already answered the questions

Oh yes, that's right. Mea culpa !

[David Gitin]

Jaki told me that the horns were a surprise to him on that date. The trio showed up for the session and Jaki was told to use the horns (who didn't know his compositions).

[romualdo]

Jaki told me that the horns were a surprise to him on that date. The trio showed up for the session and Jaki was told to use the horns (who didn't know his compositions).

David

Many thanks for that

really dig these tidbits of oral history that are shared in this site

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Jaki told me that the horns were a surprise to him on that date. The trio showed up for the session and Jaki was told to use the horns (who didn't know his compositions).

What sort of producer would do such a thing? Seems a bit daft.

[bertrand]

What was really daft was to not offer to pay for rehearsal time.

Bertrand.

[Swinging Swede]

Hey, it was Prestige! If they had paid for rehearsal time they would have been Blue Note!