Of Course, of Course

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Of Course, Of Course | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] | cover = Of Course, Of Course.jpg | alt = | released = Mid November 1965<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WikEAAAAMBAJ&q=charles+Lloyd+of+Course&pg=PA50 ''Billboard'' Nov 13, 1965]</ref> | recorded = May 8, 1964, March 8, 1965 & October 15, 1965 | venue = | studio = [[Columbia Records#Studio A|Columbia 7th Ave]], New York City | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | producer = [[George Avakian]], [[John Simon (record producer)|John Simon]] | chronology = [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] | prev_title = [[Discovery!]] | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = [[Dream Weaver (album)|Dream Weaver]] | next_year = 1966 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r142882 |title=Of Course, Of Course – Charles Lloyd | AllMusic |first=Scott Yanow |last=Thom Jurek|work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> }} '''''Of Course, Of Course''''' is the second album by [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]] [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] released on the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] label featuring performances by Lloyd with [[Gábor Szabó]], [[Ron Carter]], and [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]].<ref>[http://www.mosaicrecords.com/discography.asp?number=1006&price=$15.00&copies=1%20CD Mosaic Records site] accessed 9 November 2009</ref> The [[Allmusic]] review by [[Scott Yanow]] and Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and states "Whether on tenor or flute, Lloyd was quickly coming into his own as an original voice, and this underrated set is a minor classic".<ref>Yanow, S. & Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142882|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed 9 November 2009</ref>

==Track listing== :''All compositions by Charles Lloyd except as indicated'' # "Of Course, Of Course" – 4:45 # "The Song My Lady Sings" – 2:28 # "[[The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)|The Best Thing for You]]" ([[Irving Berlin]]) – 5:18 # "[[The Things We Did Last Summer]]" ([[Sammy Cahn]], [[Jule Styne]]) – 6:08 # "Apex" – 3:59 # "One for Joan" – 5:07 # "Goin' to Memphis" – 3:38 # "Voice in the Night" – 6:44 # "Third Floor Richard" – 6:16 # "[[East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)]]" ([[Brooks Bowman]]) – 4:54 (Bonus track on CD reissue) # "Island Blues" – 3:25 (Bonus track on CD reissue) # "Sun Dance" – 3:32 (Bonus track on CD reissue) :*Recorded at [[Columbia Records#Studio A|Columbia Studio A]], New York City on May 8, 1964 (tracks 2–4, 6–7, 10), March 08, 1965 ( tracks 1, 5, 8–9) and October 15, 1965 (tracks 11–12)<ref name="disco">{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-lloyd/discography/|title=Charles Lloyd Discography}}</ref>

==Personnel== *[[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]] – [[tenor saxophone]], [[flute]] *[[Gábor Szabó]] – [[guitar]] *[[Ron Carter]] – [[double bass|bass]] (tracks 1–3, 5–10) *[[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] – [[drum kit|drums]] (tracks 1–3, 5–10) *[[Albert Stinson]] – bass (tracks 11–12) *[[Pete LaRoca]] – drums (tracks 11–12) *[[Robbie Robertson]] – guitar (track 12)

===Production=== *[[Roy Halee]], Stan Tonkel – recording engineers *Richard Mantel – art direction and design *[[Bob Cato]] – cover photography

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