Con Alma!

Con Alma!
Con Alma!
Studio album by Charles McPherson
Released	1965
Recorded	August 4, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:18
Label	Prestige; PR 7427
Producer	Don Schlitten
Charles McPherson chronology

Con Alma! is the second album led by saxophonist Charles McPherson recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "McPherson and Harris both have their share of fine solos, but Jordan generally takes honors on this set; he is the only musician who was looking beyond bop and playing in a more original style".^[3]

Track listing

"Eronel" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:06
"In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 8:00
"Chasing the Bird" (Charlie Parker) – 7:12
"Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:31
"I Don't Know" (Charles McPherson) – 8:19
"Dexter Rides Again" (Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell) – 8:10

Personnel

References

^ Prestige Records discography accessed March 13, 2013
^ Fitzgerald, M. Jazzdiscography: Charles McPherson Leader Entry accessed May 15, 2018
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 13, 2013
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 137. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Prestige Records discography accessed March 13, 2013

[2] Fitzgerald, M. Jazzdiscography: Charles McPherson Leader Entry accessed May 15, 2018

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 13, 2013

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 137. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 985. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Charles McPherson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Bebop Revisited! (1964) Con Alma! (1965) The Quintet/Live! (1966) From This Moment On! (1968) Horizons (1968) McPherson's Mood (1969) Charles McPherson (1971) Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (1972) Today's Man (1973) Beautiful! (1975) Live in Tokyo (1976) New Horizons (1977) Free Bop! (1978) First Flight Out (1994) Come Play with Me (1995) Manhattan Nocturne (1997)
With Charles Mingus	The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Let My Children Hear Music (1971) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
With others	Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Just Be Bop (Toshiko Akiyoshi, 1980) For Sure! (Kenny Drew, 1978) Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (Clint Eastwood, 1996) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964) Newer Than New (Barry Harris, 1961) Bull's Eye! (Barry Harris, 1968) Cello Again (Sam Jones, 1976) Boppin' & Burnin' (Don Patterson, 1968) Funk You! (Don Patterson, 1968) Bird Lives! (Red Rodney, 1973) Impact (Charles Tolliver, 1975)

v t e Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blowing in from Chicago (1957) Cliff Jordan (1957) Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957) Cliff Craft (1957) Spellbound (1960) A Story Tale (1961) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Soul Fountain (1966) In the World (1969) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Drink Plenty Water (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975) Remembering Me-Me (1976) Inward Fire (1977) The Adventurer (1978) Hello, Hank Jones (1978) Hyde Park After Dark (1981) Repetition (1984) Dr. Chicago (1984) Two Tenor Winner (1984) The Rotterdam Session (1985) Royal Ballads (1986) Live at Ethell's (1987) Masters from Different Worlds (1989) Four Play (1990) The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91) Play What You Feel (1990) Down Through the Years (1991)
With Art Farmer	Mirage (1982) You Make Me Smile (1984) Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987) Blame It on My Youth (1988) Ph.D. (1989)
With Charles Mingus	Cornell 1964 (March 1964) Town Hall Concert (April 1964) Astral Weeks (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)
With Lee Morgan	Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Expoobident (1960) Take Twelve (1962)
With Max Roach	Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
With Cedar Walton	Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) The Pentagon (1976)
With others	Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957) Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972) Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985) Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961) Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986) Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988) Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962) Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958) Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970) What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)