The Super Quartet

1994 studio album by Louis Hayes & Company

The Super Quartet is an album by the drummer Louis Hayes, recorded in Italy in 1994 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.^[1][2][3][4]

Reception

The AllMusic review called it "easily one of Louis Hayes' best recordings as a leader," stating that "this quartet session ... almost has the flavor of a typical Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers album; although there's no brass, the selections and the hard bop arrangements generally fit".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Bolivia" (Cedar Walton) – 6:40
2. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:12
3. "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) – 8:17
4. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 8:59
5. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:41
6. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 6:53
7. "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills) – 4:56
8. "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:44

Personnel

• Louis Hayes – drums
• Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
• Kirk Lightsey – piano
• Essiet Essiet – bass

References

1. Timeless Records SJP series discography accessed April 18, 2017
2. Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
3. Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
4. Louis Hayes: Music accessed April 18, 2017
5. Dryden, Ken. The Super Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.