| Out Front! | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Jaki Byard |
| Cover: | Out Front!.jpg |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Recorded: | March 14, 1961 and May 21 & 28, 1964 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 44:42 |
| Label: | Prestige PR 7397 |
| Producer: | Esmond Edwards (track 6), Ozzie Cadena |
| Chronology: | Jaki Byard |
| Prev Title: | Hi-Fly |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Jaki Byard Quartet Live! |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Out Front! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1964 (with one track from the 1961 session that produced Here's Jaki) and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "this is a surprisingly conventional set... It's fine music but one has to lower expectations a bit".[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz, on the other hand, gave the album a 4 star review, remarking "the early Prestige and New Jazz sets … are uniformly excellent. Out Front! remains our favorite, largely because it shows off Byard's infallible instinct for horn voicings. Tracks like 'European Episode' and 'Lush Life' are well worth studying in some detail."[3]
All compositions by Jaki Byard except where noted