Con Alma!

This article is about the album by Charles McPherson. For the composition by Dizzy Gillespie, see Con Alma. For the album by Ray Bryant, see Con Alma (Ray Bryant album).

1965 studio album by Charles McPherson

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
| Bebop Revisited!
(1964)  | Con Alma!
(1965)  | The Quintet/Live!
(1966)

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

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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

## Personnel

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* Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
* Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
* Barry Harris – piano
* George Tucker – bass
* Alan Dawson – drums

## References

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1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed March 13, 2013
2. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Jazzdiscography: Charles McPherson Leader Entry accessed May 15, 2018
3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed March 13, 2013
4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 137. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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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Charles McPherson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader

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)

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Clifford Jordan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

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)

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