Jazz Sahib Explained

Jazz Sahib
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sahib Shihab
Cover:	Jazz Sahib.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	July 9 and November 7, 1957
Studio:	Van Gelder, Hackensack
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:34
Label:	Savoy MG 12124
Producer:	Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:	Sahib Shihab
Prev Title:	The Jazz We Heard Last Summer
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Sahib's Jazz Party
Next Year:	1963

Jazz Sahib is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sahib Shihab recorded in 1957 for the Savoy label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states: "This excellent reissue spotlights great groups Sahib worked with in late 50s".

Track listing

All compositions by Sahib Shihab, except where indicated.

1. "S.M.T.W.T.F.S.S. Blues" - 4:56
2. "Jamila" - 5:33
3. "The Moors" (Melba Liston) - 7:19
4. "Blu-a-Round" - 10:17
5. "Le' Sneak" - 5:49
6. "Ballad to the East" (Liston) - 4:41
7. "Ba-Dut-Du-Dat" (Liston) - 5:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Note

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on July 9 (tracks 1-3) and November 7 (tracks 4-7), 1957

Personnel

• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
• Bill Evans (tracks 4-7), Hank Jones (tracks 1-3) - piano
• Paul Chambers (tracks 1-3), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 4-7) - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12100-series/#mg-12124 Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series