Album
Head Start
1969 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Head Start is a Jazz album by Bob Thiele Emergency, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Head Start2:55
- A2Freaky Zeke3:48
- A3Beatle Ballads A. Blackbird, B. Julia, C. I Will7:09
- A4Lanoola Goes Limp4:25
- The Jazz Story23:42
- Dedication To John Coltrane
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Side B
- B1Part 1. Pickin' Taters Blues
- B2Part 2. Oh Didn't He Ramble / High Society
- B3Part 3. Jungle Sound
- B4Part 4. Swing Era
- B5Part 5. Be Bop
- B6Part 6. In The Vineyard / Avant Garde
Side C
- C1Lament For John Coltrane7:32
- C2A Love Supreme4:25
- C3Holiday For A Graveyard5:17
Side D
- DA Few Thoughts For The Day (Biafra, King, John And Robert, The American Indian)16:55
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- intense
- urban
- raw
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
"Dedicated To Pee Wee Russell, Bix Beiderbecke, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Frank Teschemaker, Johnny Dodds, Jess Stacy, Frank Zappa, B.B. King, Bob Thiele Jr, Tenice and my father." (Bob Thiele)
Gatefold sleeve
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alton PurnellPIANO
- Alton ReddDRUMS
- Bernard CarrereTRUMPET
- Bill PerkinsALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Bob BrookmeyerVALVE TROMBONE
- Bobby BradfordTRUMPET
- Buddy ChildersTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Buzz FreemanDRUMS
- Charles MoffettDRUMS
- Charlie HadenBASS
- Chuck DomanicoBASS
- David IzenzonBASS
- Elvin JonesDRUMS
- Ernie TackBASS TROMBONE
- Gary BaroneTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Gary ColemanVIBRAPHONE , XYLOPHONE, CONGAS, DRUMS, BONGOS, BELLS, TIMPANI, INSTRUMENTS , GONG , BONGOS , TEMPLE BLOCK
- George BohanonTROMBONE
- George SmithVOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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