Out of This World (Walter Benton album)
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| type = Studio
| artist = Walter Benton
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| released = 1960
| recorded = September 19 & 21, 1960
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| studio = Plaza Sound Studios
| genre = Jazz
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| label = Jazzland
JLP 28
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Walter Benton
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Out of This World is the sole album led by American jazz saxophonist Walter Benton which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-28 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 5, 2012
The album was reissued as part of the 2001 Milestone compilation Out of This World, paired with Julian Priester 's Spiritsville.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-this-world-mw0000001803 |title=Julian Priester: Out of This World |first=Alex |last=Henderson |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 29, 2023}}
Reception
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The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars,[http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-this-world-mw0000888286 Allmusic Review] accessed November 5, 2012 and reviewer Alex Henderson noted that it gives listeners a chance to hear Hubbard early in his career, although his solos "aren't as adventurous or cutting-edge as other things [he] did in the early '60s."{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/out-of-this-world-mw0000001803 |title=Julian Priester: Out of This World |first=Alex |last=Henderson |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 30, 2023}}
Metronome's Ted White called the recording "a superior set," but stated that, despite the album title, "The charts are the usual non-challenging jump-off points for soloing, and the soloists attempt nothing new, nothing startling."{{cite magazine |last=White |first=Ted |date=April 1961 |title=Record Reviews |magazine=Metronome |volume=78 |pages=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMcSAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Walter+Benton%22+%22Out+of+This+World%22&pg=RA3-PA29 |via=Google Books}}
Nat Hentoff of HiFi/Stereo Review described the album as "one of the more stimulating programs released so far" on Jazzland, and remarked: "It is relatively diversified as to mood and tempo, and the playing has urgency... [Benton's] musical conceptions show increasing individuality, and he has chosen challenging associates for this recording."{{cite magazine |last=Hentoff |first=Nat |date=April 1961 |title=Jazz |magazine=HiFi/Stereo Review |pages=73–74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R31UAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Walter+Benton%22+%22Out+of+This+World%22&pg=RA3-PA73 |via=Google Books}}
Track listing
All compositions by Walter Benton except as indicated
- "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:43
- "Walter's Altar" - 8:26
- "Iris" - 5:24
- "Night Movements" - 2:43
- "A Blues Mood" - 7:30
- "Azil" - 4:36
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 8:45
Personnel
- Walter Benton - tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Jimmy Cobb (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6), Albert Heath (tracks 3, 5 & 7) - drums