Year of the Iron Sheep

Studio album by Ken McIntyre

Year of the Iron Sheep

Studio album by

Ken McIntyre

Recorded| June 11, August 31, September 4, 1962
Studio| Sound Mixers, New York City, U.S.
Genre| Jazz
Label| United Artists
Producer| Alan Douglas
Ken McIntyre chronology
| Looking Ahead
(1960)  | Year of the Iron Sheep
(1962)  | Way, Way Out
(1963)

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Year of the Iron Sheep is an album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre.

## Background

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Year of the Iron Sheep was Ken McIntyre's third album, and his first for United Artists Records.[1] It was named after his birth year in the Tibetan calendar.[1]

## Recording and music

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The album was produced by Alan Douglas[2] and recorded at Sound Mixers, New York City.[3] All of the tracks except "Laura" were composed by McIntyre.[1] The final track, "Someday", was taken from a June 11, 1962 session involving trombonist John Mancebo Lewis,[3] but although he is mentioned on the sleeve[2] this was in fact the only track from that session on which he did not play.[3] A second session, on August 31, yielded "Cosmos", played by McIntyre with Jaki Byard (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Louis Hayes (drums).[3] For the final session, four days later, Hayes was replaced by Ben Riley, and the remaining four tracks on the album were recorded.[3]

## Releases

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Year of the Iron Sheep was released on LP by United Artists.[2] It was later combined with another album and additional tracks on the 2-CD set The Complete United Artists Sessions.[4]

## Reception

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Billboard selected the album as a "special merit pick", commenting that "McIntyre's work on alto and flute is exciting and lyrical, and worth hearing as a new direction in scored jazz."[1]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Ken McIntyre except where noted.

1. "Say What" – 5:00
2. "Arisin'" – 10:10
3. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 3:25
4. "96.5" – 4:10
5. "Cosmos" – 5:15
6. "Someday" – 8:47

## Personnel

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Tracks 1–4

* Ken McIntyre – alto sax, flute
* Jaki Byard – piano
* Ron Carter – bass
* Ben Riley – drums

Track 5

* Ken McIntyre – alto sax
* Jaki Byard – piano
* Ron Carter – bass
* Louis Hayes – drums

Track 6

* Ken McIntyre – flute
* Ed Stoute – piano
* Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
* Warren Smith – drums

(Trombonist John M. Lewis was erroneously credited on the sleeve[2][3])

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Special Merit Picks" (February 9, 1963). Billboard. p. 29.
2. ^ a b c d McIntyre, Ken "Year of the Iron Sheep" (LP liner notes). United Artists. UAS 15015.
3. ^ a b c d e f Fitzgerald, Michael (June 26, 2011) "Makanda Ken McIntyre Discography". Jazzdiscography.com.
4. ^ Pekar, Harvey (December 1, 1997) "Makanda Ken McIntyre: The Complete United Artists Sessions". JazzTimes.

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Ken McIntyre

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

leader

co-leader|

* Stone Blues (1960)
* Looking Ahead (and Eric Dolphy, 1960)
* Year of the Iron Sheep (1962)
* Hindsight (1974)
* Home (1975)
* Open Horizon (1975)
* Introducing the Vibrations (1976)
* Chasing the Sun (1978)

With
others|

* Don't Look Back (Nat Adderley, 1976)
* Honi Gordon Sings (1962)
* The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
* Dream Keeper (Charlie Haden, 1990)
* Unit Structures (Cecil Taylor, 1966)

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Jaki Byard

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except in most cases where this was long delayed

As leader

co-leader|

* Here's Jaki (1961)
* Hi-Fly (1962)
* Out Front! (1964)
* Jaki Byard Quartet Live! (1965)
* The Last from Lennie's (1965 [2003])
* Freedom Together! (1966)
* On the Spot! (1967)
* Sunshine of My Soul (1967)
* Jaki Byard with Strings! (1968)
* The Jaki Byard Experience (1968)
* Live at the Jazz'Inn (1971)
* Duet! (1972)
* Family Man (1978)
* Improvisations (1981)
* The Magic of 2 (1982 [2013])
* Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1984)
* Phantasies (1984)
* Phantasies II (1988)
* Foolin' Myself (1988)
* The Changes of Life (1996)
* This Happening (1997)
* Night Leaves (1997)
* July in Paris (1998)

Solo
piano|

* Blues for Smoke (1960 [1988])
* Solo Piano (1969)
* Parisian Solos (1971)
* The Entertainer (1972)
* There'll Be Some Changes Made (1972)
* Flight of the Fly (1976)
* Sunshine of My Soul: Live at the Keystone Korner (1978 [2007])
* A Matter of Black and White (1978–79 [2011])
* The Late Show: An Evening with Jaki Byard (1979 [2014])
* To Them – To Us (1982)
* Jaki Byard at Maybeck (1991)

With
Charles
Mingus|

* The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
* The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
* Town Hall Concert (1964)
* The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
* Mingus at Monterey (1964)
* Astral Weeks (1964)
* Cornell 1964 (1964)
* Revenge! (1964)
* Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970)
* Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)

With
others|

* Live in '65 (Art Blakey DVD, 1965)
* Body and Soul (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1973)
* Double Exposure (Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson), 196061)
* Far Cry (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1961)
* How Time Passes (Don Ellis, 1960)
* New Ideas (Don Ellis, 1961)
* The Freedom Book (Booker Ervin, 1963)
* The Space Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
* Groovin' High (Booker Ervin, 1963–64)
* The Trance (Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Setting the Pace (Dexter Gordon & Booker Ervin, 1965)
* Heavy!!! (Booker Ervin, 1966)
* Newport Suite (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Let's Face the Music and Dance (Maynard Ferguson, 1960)
* Maynard '61 (Maynard Ferguson, 1960–61)
* Two's Company (Maynard Ferguson and Chris Connor, 1960–61)
* "Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Maynard '64 (Maynard Ferguson, 1961)
* Manhattan Plaza (Ricky Ford, 1978)
* Manhattan Blues (Ricky Ford, 1989)
* Ebony Rhapsody (Ricky Ford, 1990)
* American-African Blues (Ricky Ford, 1991)
* Honi Gordon Sings (Honi Gordon, 1962)
* Smackwater Jack (Quincy Jones, 1971)
* Five on Eight (Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 1964)
* Dr. Chicago (Clifford Jordan, 1984)
* Rip, Rig and Panic (Roland Kirk, 1965)
* Here Comes the Whistleman (Roland Kirk, 1966)
* Grits & Gravy (Eric Kloss, 1966)
* Sky Shadows (Eric Kloss, 1968)
* In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
* Involution (Michael Marcus, 1998)
* Charlie Mariano with His Jazz Group (Charlie Mariano, 1950)
* Modern Saxophone Stylings of Charlie Mariano (Charlie Mariano, 1951)
* Year of the Iron Sheep (Ken McIntyre, 1962)
* Home (Ken McIntyre, 1975)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2, 1988)
* Body and Soul (Ray Nance, 1969)
* Life Is a Many Splendored Gig (Herb Pomeroy, 1957)
* "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Dannie Richmond, 1965)
* Fuchsia Swing Song (Sam Rivers, 1964)
* Rhythm Is Our Business (Jordan Sandke, 1985)
* Lady Bird (Archie Shepp, 1978)
* Amarcord Nino Rota (Hal Willner, 1981)
* Musique du Bois (Phil Woods, 1974)

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