Reach Out! (Hal Galper album)

Reach Out!
Studio album by Hal Galper Quintet
Released 1977
Recorded November 11, 1976
Genre Jazz
Length 50:52
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1067
Producer Nils Winther
Hal Galper chronology
Windows
(1975)
Reach Out!
(1976)
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
Allmusic[4]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states "Hal Galper was on a tear during the 1970s, writing a number of adventurous post-bop compositions and getting regular opportunities to record them ... This is easily one of Hal Galper's 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. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Reach Out – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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