Point of Departure (Gary McFarland album)
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Point of Departure is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Gary McFarland
featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse!
label.
awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The music is bop-oriented, but also open to occasional innovations taken from the avant-garde. None of the songs caught on as standards, but they tend to stay in one's mind after finishing the album".
Gary McFarland
Gary McFarland was an influential composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist, prominent on Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s, when he made "one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz"...
featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Impulse!
Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City...
label.
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The Allmusic review by Scott YanowScott Yanow
Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...
awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The music is bop-oriented, but also open to occasional innovations taken from the avant-garde. None of the songs caught on as standards, but they tend to stay in one's mind after finishing the album".
Track listing
- All compositions by Gary McFarland except as indicated
- "Pecos Pete" – 5:19
- "Love Theme From David and Lisa" (Mark Lawrence) – 2:34
- "Sandpiper" – 7:44
- "Amour Tormentoso" – 3:26
- "Schlock-House Blues" – 6:17
- "I Love to Say Her Name" – 5:05
- "Hello to the Season" – 6:54
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 5, 1963 (tracks 4 & 5) and September 6, 1963 (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
Personnel
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