Black Forrest Explained

Black Forrest
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jimmy Forrest
Cover:	Black Forrest.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	December 10 & 12, 1959
Studio:	Hall Studios, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:04
Label:	Delmark DL-427
Producer:	Robert G. Koester
Chronology:	Jimmy Forrest
Prev Title:	All the Gin Is Gone
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Live at Rick's
Next Year:	1978

Black Forrest is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1959 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] The album features alternate takes and five other songs recorded at the sessions that produced All the Gin Is Gone.

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Forrest sounds fine, guitarist Grant Green was making his debut on record, and the rhythm section plays up to par. Get All the Gin Is Gone first, and then, if one wants to hear the rest of the story, this set".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except where noted

"Black Forrest (First Take)" – 5:20
"Dog It" – 4:46
"These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 6:07
"Sunkenfoal" – 5:54
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 4:43
"Black Forrest" – 2:28
"What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 2:11
"But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:19
"All the Gin Is Gone" – 4:48

Bonus track on CD reissue in 1999:

"These Foolish Things" [Alternate Take] - 4:13

Personnel

Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
Grant Green – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 8 & 9)
- Harold Mabern – piano Gene Ramey – bass
Elvin Jones – drums

Notes and References

http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Delmark400.htm Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series
https://delmark.com/product/404/ Delmark Records: album details
http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/JimmyForrest/index.html Jimmy Forrest Incomplete Discography
https://www.jazzdisco.org/grant-green/catalog/#delmark-dl-404 Jazzdisco: Grant Green catalog