Jaywalkin'
{{Infobox album
| name = Jaywalkin'
| type = Album
| artist = Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
| cover = Jaywalkin'.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = September 10 & 11 and December 10, 1975 at Rosenberg Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 50:01
| label = SteepleChase SCS 1041
| producer = Nils Winther
| chronology = Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
| prev_title = Duo Live in Concert
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Double Bass
| next_year = 1976
}}
Jaywalkin' is the first album solely credited to Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/rsted-pedersen-niels-henning Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930005433/http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/rsted-pedersen-niels-henning |date=2012-09-30 }}, accessed March 19, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 19, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/160 160]
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1101}}
}}
In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden called the album "a bit of a mixed bag" and said "Fortunately, Pedersen rarely utilized electric piano on future sessions as a leader".{{allMusic|first=Ken|last=Dryden|class=album|id=mw0000902046|title=Jaywalkin' – Review|accessdate= March 19, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen except as indicated
- "Summer Song" - 5:15
- "Sparkling Eyes" - 5:12
- "A Felicidade" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 6:15
- "Jaywalkin'" - 6:13
- "My Little Anna" - 6:25
- "Yesterday's Future" - 5:34
- "Interlude" - 1:44
- "Cheryl" (Charlie Parker) - 5:31
- "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 2:58
- "Summer Song
# 5" - 5:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass
- Philip Catherine - guitar
- Ole Kock Hansen - electric piano
- Billy Higgins - drums
References
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