Looking Ahead （Ken McIntyre second album as a leader released on New Jazz）

Wanted

Victor VICJ-41808

If you have full scans of everything (medium, sleeve, obi, liner), please add them.

Reissues history

There are no known alternate takes or otherwise unreleased material from this session.

All tracks are also on the Complete Prestige Fantasy box, 9PRCD-44182.

This is bundled together with Mal Waldron's The Quest, on the Dolphy compilation Fire Waltz.

Currently missing releases are these listed by Saul below.

Remasters history

The normal New Jazz trajectory is:
1. originally recorded by Van Gelder in his studio
* quality is good, because of RVG, but this is obviously mastered in the 60s
2. Original Jazz Classics reissues it first on CD during the late 80s or early 90s with a remaster done in Fantasy Studios, generally by Phil De Lancie
* generally very decent albeit a bit cold - it is more a small cleanup / update to the originals
3. There generally is a handful of limited edition / special releases for the Japanese market with a distinct Victor remaster
* typically uses K2/20bit/24bit
4. RVG remaster then come out with a significant upgrade, available in CD and digital
* these come with significant differences compared to the original mastering and are generally vastly superior to other prior masterings and are typically the gold standard if you go digital
5. occasionally audiophile vinyls come out, typically from Analogue Productions, with their own remastering
* these are sounding very different, and very good - they are typically the gold standard if you go analog

In this case, there is no known RVG nor digital / audiophile vinyl.

Verbatim

Simosko

"The two men on alto [on Curtsy]"

"Dolphy playing a superb bass clarinet solo [on Dianna]"

"three tracks on which they both play alto"

"Head Shakin' and Dianna both feature McIntyre on flute"

Saul

Lautir (fl) 4:03, Curtsy (as) 5:51, Geo's Tune (as) 7:12, They All Laughed (as) 5:06, Head Shakin' (as) 10:45, Dianna (bcl) 9:06
Also on SMJ7560, SMJ6566, and Esquire 32-133

Original Liner, Ira Gitler

"[on Lautir] McIntyre solos first on alto [...] Dolphy's flute"

"[Curtsy] both Ken and Eric are on alto"

"[They All Laughed] the two alto men return"

"The two extended selections on side B find McIntyre switching to flute"

"[Head Shakin'] Dolphy then plays an alto solo"

"[Dianna] Eric, on bass clarinet"