LPH 961 - Oboe in Jazz (1921-74)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2026; #961]


tracklist (feat. oboe players):

(1921) (Fletcher) Henderson's Dance Orchestra feat. William Grant Still - Fancies (Herbert Spencer)
(1928) Dorsey Brothers + Their Orchestra feat. Arnold Brilhart - Persian Rug (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret)
(1939) Alec Wilder Octet feat. Mitch Miller - It's Silk, Feel It!
(1954) Howard Rumsey's Lighouse All-Stars feat. Bob Cooper - Still Life (Bob Cooper)
(1955) Bob Cooper Group - Hot Boy
(1958) Don Elliott Octet feat. Don Ashworth, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque - Push de Button (E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen)
(1963) Cannonball Adderley Sextet feat. Yusef Lateef - Brother John (Yusef Lateef)
(1963) Sun Ra + His Solar Arkestra feat. Marshall Allen - Thither and Yon
(1966) Cecil Taylor Sextet feat. Ken McIntyre - Enter, Evening (Soft Line Structure)
(1967) Yusef Lateef Quartet - In the Evening (Leroy Carr, Don Raye)
(1970) Joe Farrell Quartet - Song of the Wind (Chick Corea)
(1970) McCoy Tyner Sextet feat. Andrew White - Forbidden Land
(1974) Henry Cow feat. Lindsay Cooper - Half Asleep; Half Awake (John Greaves)

total time: 82'56


Oboed by Lucky.
Selections taken from Kimberley Everett Ganong's doctoral essay "A History and Discography of the Oboe in Jazz", University of Miami, 2016.
Original cover illustration by Oleksandra Kalenychenko (taken from Dreamstime).
Dedicated to Dom and portfuzzle.