Jimmy Forrest - Night Train

Jimmy Forrest
Night Train
Delmark 435 

In St. Louis, Jimmy Forrest was very, very big and had just about all the best jobs in town sewn up. But it was a time of intellectualization in jazz, a time of retreat from hard-swinging into what seemed and almost lifeless kind of jazz known as the “cool school”. Forrest wasn’t a cool musician: he was too strong, had too much technique, and he had but one choice, to get buried in the scuffle or go into rhythm and blues. As these recordings testify, he chose the latter and became eminently successful for quite a few years.

     Tracks are;
Night Train
Calling Dr. Jazz
Sophisticated Lady
Swingin' and Rockin'
Bolo Blues
Mister Goodbeat
Flight 3-D
Hey Mrs. Jones
My Buddy **
Song of the Wanderer
Blue Groove
Big Dip
Begin the Beguine **
There Will Never Be Another You
Coach 13
Dig Those Feet **
Mrs. Jones' Daughter **

** = bonus tracks not on the original LP - previously unreleased