Exploring the Future

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Exploring the Future
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Studio album by
The Curtis Counce Quintet
Released1958
RecordedApril 8, 1958
StudioLos Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
Length53:28 CD reissue with additional tracks
LabelDooto
DTL 247
ProducerNick Coleman
Curtis Counce chronology
Sonority
(1989) 		Exploring the Future
(1958)

Exploring the Future is an album led by American jazz bassist Curtis Counce recorded in 1958 and released on the Dooto label.[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars [5]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although he lived for another five years after this session, this seems to be bassist Curtis Counce's last date as a leader. His quintet was in fine form playing originals by band member Elmo Hope and tenor saxophonist Harold Land, ... Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson, who became better known to jazz fans while with Duke Ellington in the '60s, fits in beautifully with the cool-sounding hard bop style of this tight unit".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Elmo Hope except where noted

  1. "So Nice" – 6:42
  2. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:03
  3. "Into the Orbit" – 4:47
  4. "Move" (Denzil Best) – 2:34
  5. "Race for Space" – 4:36
  6. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45
  7. "Exploring the Future" (Harold Land) – 6:18
  8. "The Countdown" – 4:05
  9. "Foreplay" (Duke Jordan) – 6:40 Additional track on CD release
  10. "Move" [unedited take] (Best) – 4:21
  11. "The Countdown" [unedited take] – 5:37

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Both Sides Now: Dootone/Dooto Album Discography accessed December 12, 2018
  2. ^ Elmo Hope discography accessed December 12, 2018
  3. ^ Jazz Profiles: The Curtis Counce Group accessed December 12, 2018
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Dryden, Ken. Curtis Counce: Exploring the Future – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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