Money in the Pocket is the debut studio album led by jazz fusion keyboardist Joe Zawinul released on the Atlantic label in 1966.Atlantic Records Catalog: 8800, 3000 series accessed October 7, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed October 7, 2015 All About Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, "Money In The Pocket is a remarkable album—remarkable in that it gives absolutely no hint of the shape shifts that would transform Zawinul's work a few years later. The first of three albums he recorded for Atlantic, it's a conventional mix of mid-1960s hard bop and soul jazz".May, C., All About Jazz Review, February 4, 2010 The Guardian'''s John Fordham noted, "this session reflects the driving grooves of that popular soul-jazz style – so there are a lot of backbeats, repeating riffs, horn-harmony wailing and stagey stop-time breaks".Forham, J., The Guardian review, February 12, 2010
Track listing All compositions by Joe Zawinul except as indicated'' "Money in the Pocket" - 4:46 "If" (Joe Henderson) - 3:47 "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) - 3:52 "Midnight Mood" - 6:06 "Some More of Dat" (Sam Jones) - 6:02 "Sharon's Waltz" (Rudy Stevenson) - 5:06 "Riverbed" - 5:09 "Del Sasser" (Jones) - 3:45
Personnel Joe Zawinul – piano Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7) Clifford Jordan (track 1) – tenor saxophone Joe Henderson (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – tenor saxophone Pepper Adams (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – baritone saxophone Bob Cranshaw (track 1) – bass Sam Jones (tracks 2 & 4–8) – bass Roy McCurdy (track 1) – drums Louis Hayes (tracks 2 & 4–8) – drums
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