Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Midnight Oil
| type = Studio
| artist = Jerome Richardson
| cover = Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = October 10, 1958
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:23
| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8205
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Jerome Richardson
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Roamin' with Richardson
| next_year = 1959
}}
Midnight Oil is an album by saxophonist Jerome Richardson recorded in 1958 and released on the New Jazz label in 1959.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8205 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: New Jazz/Status 8200/8300 series] accessed August 22, 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/newjazz.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110184625/https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/newjazz.pdf |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |url-status=live|title=Prestige Labels Album Discography Preview| last1=Edwards|first1=David|last2=Callahan|first2=Mike|last3=Eyries|first3=Patrice|last4=Watts|first4=Randy|last5=Neely|first5=Tim|publisher=Both Sides Now Publications|access-date=April 16, 2020}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{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=1211}}
}}
Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "This set offers cool-toned bop that, although brief in playing time (just over 35 minutes), is enjoyable".{{allMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album|id=mw0000093982|title=Jerome Richardson: Midnight Oil – Review|access-date= April 16, 2020}}
Track listing
All compositions by Jerome Richardson except where noted
- "Minorally" – 6:55
- "Way In Blues" – 5:08
- "{{sic|Delerious}} Trimmings" – 5:17
- "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 10:45
- "Lyric" (Artie Shaw) – 7:18
Personnel
- Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone (track 1-4)
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Hank Jones – piano
- Joe Benjamin – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums