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In Orbit (Clark Terry album)

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In Orbit
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedMay 7 & 12, 1958
GenreJazz
Length47:51 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Clark Terry chronology
Duke with a Difference
(1957)
In Orbit
(1958)
Top and Bottom Brass
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

In Orbit is an album by jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, also featuring Thelonious Monk, which was recorded in New York on May 7 & 12, 1958.[3]

It was Monk's only Riverside appearance as sideman, the first of Terry's recordings on flugelhorn, and the first Riverside date with bassist Sam Jones.[4]

Monk introduced Riverside to some its most important artists, including Johnny Griffin, Wilbur Ware, Sonny Rollins, and Terry.[5]

It features one Monk composition, "Let's Cool One"[6]

Track listing

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  1. "In Orbit" (Terry)
  2. "One Foot in the Gutter (Terry)
  3. "Trust In Me" (Wever, Schwartz, Ager)
  4. "Let's Cool One" (Monk)
  5. "Pea-Eye" (Terry)
  6. "Argentia" (Terry)
  7. "Moonlight Fiesta" (Mills, Tizol)
  8. "Buck's Business" (Terry)
  9. "Very Near Blue" (Sara Cassey)
  10. "Flugelin' the Blues" (Terry), additional track not on original LP release.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1391. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography, accessed March 9, 2015
  4. ^ Liner notes to OJC Reissue
  5. ^ Liner notes to OJC Reissue
  6. ^ Allmusic review