Black Forrest

This article is about the album by Jimmy Forrest. For the locale, see Black Forest. For other uses, see Black Forest (disambiguation).

Black Forrest is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1959 but not released by the Delmark label until 1972.^[1][2][3][4] The album features alternate takes and five other songs recorded at the sessions that produced All the Gin Is Gone.^[5]

Black Forrest
Studio album by Jimmy Forrest
Released	1972
Recorded	December 10 & 12, 1959
Studio	Hall Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:04
Label	Delmark DL-427
Producer	Robert G. Koester
Jimmy Forrest chronology
All the Gin Is Gone (1965) Black Forrest (1972) Live at Rick's (1978)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Forrest sounds fine, guitarist Grant Green was making his debut on record, and the rhythm section plays up to par. Get All the Gin Is Gone first, and then, if one wants to hear the rest of the story, this set".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except where noted

1. "Black Forrest (First Take)" – 5:20
2. "Dog It" – 4:46
3. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 6:07
4. "Sunkenfoal" – 5:54
5. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 4:43
6. "Black Forrest" – 2:28
7. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 2:11
8. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:19
9. "All the Gin Is Gone" – 4:48

Bonus track on CD reissue in 1999:

10. "These Foolish Things" [Alternate Take] - 4:13

Personnel

• Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Grant Green – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 8 & 9)
• Harold Mabern – piano
• Gene Ramey – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

References

1. Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019
2. Delmark Records: album details accessed October 14, 2019
3. Jimmy Forrest Incomplete Discography accessed October 14, 2019
4. Jazzdisco: Grant Green catalog accessed October 14, 2019
5. Yanow, Scott. Jimmy Forrest: Black Forrest – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.