Year of the Iron Sheep
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| Year of the Iron Sheep | ||||
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| Recorded | June 11, August 31, September 4, 1962 | |||
| Studio | Sound Mixers, New York City, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Alan Douglas | |||
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Year of the Iron Sheep is an album by American jazz musician Ken McIntyre.
Year of the Iron Sheep was Ken McIntyre's third album, and his first for United Artists Records.[1] It was named after his birth year in the Tibetan calendar.[1]
Recording and music
The album was produced by Alan Douglas[2] and recorded at Sound Mixers, New York City.[3] All of the tracks except "Laura" were composed by McIntyre.[1] The final track, "Someday", was taken from a June 11, 1962 session involving trombonist John Mancebo Lewis,[3] but although he is mentioned on the sleeve[2] this was in fact the only track from that session on which he did not play.[3] A second session, on August 31, yielded "Cosmos", played by McIntyre with Jaki Byard (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Louis Hayes (drums).[3] For the final session, four days later, Hayes was replaced by Ben Riley, and the remaining four tracks on the album were recorded.[3]
