The Super Quartet is an album by the drummer Louis Hayes, recorded in Italy in 1994 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.[1][2][3][4]

The Super Quartet
Studio album by
Louis Hayes & Company
Released1994
RecordedFebruary 1994
StudioMurec Studio, Milano, Italy
GenreJazz
Length58:06
LabelTimeless
SJP 424
ProducerPeter Huijts
Louis Hayes chronology
Blue Lou
(1993)
The Super Quartet
(1994)
Louis at Large
(1996)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

The AllMusic review called it "easily one of Louis Hayes' best recordings as a leader," stating that "this quartet session ... almost has the flavor of a typical Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album; although there's no brass, the selections and the hard bop arrangements generally fit".[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "Bolivia" (Cedar Walton) – 6:40
  2. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:12
  3. "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) – 8:17
  4. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 8:59
  5. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:41
  6. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 6:53
  7. "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills) – 4:56
  8. "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:44

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Timeless Records SJP series discography accessed April 18, 2017
  2. ^ Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
  3. ^ Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
  4. ^ Louis Hayes: Music accessed April 18, 2017
  5. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. The Super Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.