Out of the Afternoon explained

Out of the Afternoon
Type:	studio
Artist:	Roy Haynes
Cover:	Out of the Afternoon.jpg
Released:	July or August 1962
Recorded:	May 16 & 23, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Post-bop, modal jazz
Length:	37:33
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Prev Title:	Just Us
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Cracklin'
Next Year:	1962

Out of the Afternoon is an album by jazz drummer Roy Haynes, released in the summer of 1962 on Impulse! Records.^{[1] [2]} It features multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk among the musicians in Haynes' quartet.

Track listing

1. "Moon Ray" (Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer) – 6:41
2. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (Bart Howard) – 6:40
3. "Raoul" (Haynes) – 6:01
4. "Snap Crackle" (Haynes) – 4:11
5. "If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 5:49
6. "Long Wharf" (Haynes) – 4:42
7. "Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 3:39

Personnel

• Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, C flute, nose flute
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Henry Grimes - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

In popular culture

The album's song "Snap Crackle" was featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, from the fictional in-game jazz music radio station "JNR 108.5 (Jazz Nation Radio)" in which Haynes himself is the DJ of that station.

Notes and References

1. News: Editorial Staff . Cash Box . July Album Releases . 2 May 2019 . Cash Box . The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY . 21 Jul 1962.
2. News: Editorial Staff . Billboard . Out of the Afternoon . 2 May 2019 . Billboard Music Week . The Billboard Publishing Co. . 18 Aug 1962.