First Flight Out
{{Infobox album
| name = First Flight Out
| type = Studio
| artist = Charles McPherson
| cover = First Flight Out.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = January 25–26, 1994
| studio = Sound on Sound, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 68:56
| label = Arabesque
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| producer = Charles McPherson
| chronology = Charles McPherson
| prev_title = Illusions in Blue
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Come Play with Me
| next_year = 1995
}}
First Flight Out is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Arabesque label.Fitzgerald, M. [https://jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/McPhersonCharles-ldr.php Jazzdiscography: Charles McPherson Leader Entry] accessed May 15, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Arabesque.htm Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography] accessed May 15, 2018
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000123705 |title= Charles McPherson: First Flight Out – Review |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Charles McPherson except where noted
- "Lynns Grins" – 4:08
- "Lizabeth" – 5:51
- "Blues for Chuck" – 6:59
- "Nostalgia in Times Square" (Charles Mingus) – 7:46
- "Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:27
- "7th Dimension" – 6:19
- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Mingus) – 7:20
- "Deep Night" (Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallée) – 6:04
- "Portrait" (Mingus) – 5:08
- "Karen" – 4:18
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:40
- "First Flight Out" – 3:51
Personnel
- Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
- Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Michael Weiss – piano
- Peter Washington – double bass
- Victor Lewis – drums
References
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Category:Arabesque Records albums