Ichi-Ban

1976 studio album by Louis Hayes – Junior Cook Quintet featuring Woody Shaw

Ichi-Ban

Studio album by

Louis Hayes – Junior Cook Quintet featuring Woody Shaw

Released

1976

Recorded

May 5, 1976

Studio

Generation Sound Studios, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:45

Label

Timeless
SJP 102

Producer

Wim Wigt

Junior Cook chronology

Junior's Cookin'
(1961)

Ichi-Ban
(1976)

Pressure Cooker
(1977)

Louis Hayes chronology

Breath of Life
(1974)

Ichi-Ban
(1976)

The Real Thing
(1977)

Timeless Muse Cover

Ichi-Ban is an album by the Louis Hayes – Junior Cook Quintet featuring Woody Shaw recorded in 1976 and released on the Dutch Timeless label and on Timeless Muse in the U.S.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[7]

The Allmusic review stated "The limited recording time (under forty minutes) is a shame since the group is such a pleasure to hear. The music retains its excitement years after it was recorded, a tribute to both the choice of tunes and the quality of playing".^[6]

Track listing

"Ichi-Ban" (Ronnie Matthews) – 5:56
"Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:48
"Brothers and Sisters" (Tex Allen) – 7:21
"The Moontrane" (Woody Shaw) – 7:06
"Book's Bossa" (Walter Booker) – 12:26

Personnel

References

^ Timeless Records SJP series discography, accessed April 18, 2017
^ Muse Records discography accessed April 13, 2017
^ Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
^ Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
^ Junior Cook Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
^ ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Ichi-Ban – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 672. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

Louis Hayes

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Studio albums

Louis Hayes (1960)
Breath of Life (1974)
Ichi-Ban (with Junior Cook, 1976)
The Real Thing (1977)
Variety Is the Spice (1978)
Light and Lively (1989)
Una Max (1989)
Nightfall (1991)
Blue Lou (1993)
The Super Quartet (1994)
Serenade for Horace (2017)

Live albums

The Crawl (1989)

v t e Junior Cook
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Junior's Cookin' (1961) Ichi-Ban (with Louis Hayes, 1976) Pressure Cooker (1977) Good Cookin' (1979) Somethin's Cookin' (1981) The Place to Be (1988) On a Misty Night (1989) You Leave Me Breathless (1991)

v t e Woody Shaw
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	In the Beginning (1965) Blackstone Legacy (1970) Song of Songs (1972) The Moontrane (1974) San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975) Love Dance (1975) Little Red's Fantasy (1976) Woody Plays Woody (1976–77) The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976) Rosewood (1977) The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977) Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978) Woody III (1978–79) For Sure! (1979) United (1981) Lotus Flower (1982) Master of the Art (1982) Night Music (1982) Setting Standards (1983) The Time Is Right (1983) Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985) Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985) Dr. Chi (1986) Bemsha Swing (1986) Solid (1986) Imagination (1987) In My Own Sweet Way (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
With others	Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969) Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971) Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972) Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973) The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971) Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966) The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969) Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969) Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963) Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968) Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976) The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977) If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970) Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973) Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974) Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974) 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967) Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967) Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968) Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970) Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970) The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965) The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966) Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967) Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972) Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968) The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986) The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986) Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967) Unity (Larry Young, 1965) Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)
Box sets	Woody Shaw: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 1978–81 [2011]) Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions (Mosaic, 1965–87 [2013])