Exploring the Future

Exploring the Future
Exploring the Future
Studio album by The Curtis Counce Quintet
Released	1958
Recorded	April 8, 1958
Studio	Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	53:28 CD reissue with additional tracks
Label	Dooto; DTL 247
Producer	Nick Coleman
Curtis Counce chronology

Exploring the Future is an album led by American jazz bassist Curtis Counce recorded in 1958 and released on the Dooto label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although he lived for another five years after this session, this seems to be bassist Curtis Counce's last date as a leader. His quintet was in fine form playing originals by band member Elmo Hope and tenor saxophonist Harold Land, ... Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson, who became better known to jazz fans while with Duke Ellington in the '60s, fits in beautifully with the cool-sounding hard bop style of this tight unit".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Elmo Hope except where noted

"So Nice" – 6:42
"Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:03
"Into the Orbit" – 4:47
"Move" (Denzil Best) – 2:34
"Race for Space" – 4:36
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45
"Exploring the Future" (Harold Land) – 6:18
"The Countdown" – 4:05
"Foreplay" (Duke Jordan) – 6:40 Additional track on CD release
"Move" [unedited take] (Best) – 4:21
"The Countdown" [unedited take] – 5:37

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Both Sides Now: Dootone/Dooto Album Discography accessed December 12, 2018
^ Elmo Hope discography accessed December 12, 2018
^ Jazz Profiles: The Curtis Counce Group accessed December 12, 2018
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. Curtis Counce: Exploring the Future – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Dooto_Records_discography-1] Both Sides Now: Dootone/Dooto Album Discography accessed December 12, 2018

[2] Elmo Hope discography accessed December 12, 2018

[3] Jazz Profiles: The Curtis Counce Group accessed December 12, 2018

[Allmusic-4] Dryden, Ken. Curtis Counce: Exploring the Future – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Curtis Counce
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	The Curtis Counce Group (1956) You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce! (1956 & 1957) Sonority (1956, 1957, & 1958) Carl's Blues (1957 & 1958) Exploring the Future (1958)

v t e Elmo Hope
The year(s) indicated apply to the recording(s), not the first release.
As leader	Trio and Quintet (1953–57) Meditations (1955) Hope Meets Foster (1955) Informal Jazz (1956) Elmo Hope Trio (1959) Here's Hope! (1961) High Hope! (1961) Homecoming! (1962) Hope-Full (1962) Sounds from Rikers Island (1963) The Final Sessions (1966)
As sideman	Memorial Album (Clifford Brown, 1953) Moving Out (Sonny Rollins, 1954) Lights Out! (Jackie McLean, 1956) Sonority (Curtis Counce, 1956–58) Exploring the Future (Curtis Counce, 1958) The Fox (Harold Land, 1959)