Reach Out! (Hal Galper album)

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Reach Out!
Reach Out! (Hal Galper album).jpg
Studio album by
Hal Galper Quintet
Released1977
RecordedNovember 11, 1976
GenreJazz
Length50:52
LabelSteepleChase
SCS 1067
ProducerNils Winther
Hal Galper chronology
Windows
(1975) 		Reach Out!
(1977) 		Now Hear This
(1972)

Reach Out! is an album by American pianist Hal Galper's Quintet, released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1977.[1][2][3]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[5]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states, "Hal Galper was on a tour during the 1970s, writing a number of adventurous post-bop compositions and getting regular opportunities to record them ... This is easily one of [his] best recordings".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Hal Galper unless noted.

  1. "Reach Out" – 9:12
  2. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 7:15
  3. "Spidit" – 5:57
  4. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Waiting for Chet" – 8:09
  6. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:14
  7. "Children of the Night" – 13:14

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography accessed November 21, 2016
  2. ^ Hal Galper discography accessed November 21, 2016
  3. ^ Spiral Quest: album entry accessed November 21, 2016
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Dryden, Ken. Reach Out – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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