Reach Out! (Hal Galper album)

Reach Out! is an album by American pianist Hal Galper's Quintet, released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1977.[1][2][3]

Reach Out!
Studio album by
Hal Galper Quintet
Released1977
RecordedNovember 11, 1976
GenreJazz
Length50:52
LabelSteepleChase
SCS 1067
ProducerNils Winther
Hal Galper chronology
Windows
(1975)		 Reach Out!
(1977)		 Now Hear This
(1972)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states, "Hal Galper was on a tour during the 1970s, writing a number of adventurous post-bop compositions and getting regular opportunities to record them ... This is easily one of [his] best recordings".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Hal Galper unless noted.

  1. "Reach Out" – 9:12
  2. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 7:15
  3. "Spidit" – 5:57
  4. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Waiting for Chet" – 8:09
  6. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 3:14
  7. "Children of the Night" – 13:14

Personnel

References
  1. Jazzlists: Steeplechase Records 1000/31000 series discography accessed November 21, 2016
  2. Hal Galper discography accessed November 21, 2016
  3. Spiral Quest: album entry accessed November 21, 2016
  4. Dryden, Ken. Reach Out – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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