| Out of This World | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Walter Benton |
| Cover: | Out of his World (Walter Benton album).jpg |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Recorded: | September 19 & 21, 1960 |
| Studio: | Plaza Sound Studios |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Jazzland JLP 28 |
| Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
| Chronology: | Walter Benton |
Out of This World is the sole album led by American jazz saxophonist Walter Benton which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label.[1]
The album was reissued as part of the 2001 Milestone compilation Out of This World, paired with Julian Priester 's Spiritsville.[2]
The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars,[3] 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."[4]
Metronomes 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."[5]
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."[6]
All compositions by Walter Benton except as indicated