Money in the Pocket is the debut studio album led by jazz fusion keyboardist Joe Zawinul released on the Atlantic label in 1966.[1]
Money in the Pocket | ||||
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Released | April 1966 | |||
Recorded | February 7, 1966 | |||
Studio | Atlantic Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:33 | |||
Label | Atlantic SD 3004 | |||
Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
Joe Zawinul chronology | ||||
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Reception
editReview scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
All About Jazz | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2] All About Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, "Money In The Pocket is a remarkable album—remarkable in that gives absolutely no hint of the shape shifts that would transform Zawinul's work a few years later. The first of three albums he recorded for Atlantic, it's a conventional mix of mid-1960s hard bop and soul jazz".[3] The Guardian's John Fordham noted, "this session reflects the driving grooves of that popular soul-jazz style – so there are a lot of backbeats, repeating riffs, horn-harmony wailing and stagey stop-time breaks".[4]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Joe Zawinul except as indicated
- "Money in the Pocket" - 4:46
- "If" (Joe Henderson) - 3:47
- "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 3:52
- "Midnight Mood" - 6:06
- "Some More of Dat" (Sam Jones) - 6:02
- "Sharon's Waltz" (Rudy Stevenson) - 5:06
- "Riverbed" - 5:09
- "Del Sasser" (Jones) - 3:45
Personnel
edit- Joe Zawinul – piano
- Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7)
- Clifford Jordan (track 1) – tenor saxophone
- Joe Henderson (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – baritone saxophone
- Bob Cranshaw (track 1) – bass
- Sam Jones (tracks 2 & 4–8) – bass
- Roy McCurdy (track 1) – drums
- Louis Hayes (tracks 2 & 4–8) – drums
References
edit- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 8800, 3000 series accessed October 7, 2015
- ^ a b Allmusic listing accessed October 7, 2015
- ^ a b May, C., All About Jazz Review, February 4, 2010
- ^ a b Forham, J., The Guardian review, February 12, 2010