The Real Thing (Louis Hayes album)

The Real Thing

Studio album by

Louis Hayes

Released

1978

Recorded

May 20–21, 1977

Studio

C.I. Recording Studio, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

37:06

Label

Muse
MR 5125

Producer

Michael Cuscuna

Louis Hayes chronology

Ichi-Ban
(1976)

The Real Thing
(1978)

Variety Is the Spice
(1978)

The Real Thing is an album led by drummer Louis Hayes which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse label.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[5]

The Allmusic review stated "On three little-known tunes and a trio of group originals, the modern hard bop unit plays concise but meaningful solos; a different combination of musicians gets the solo spotlight on each song. A well-conceived and continually interesting session".^[5]

Track listing

"St. Peter's Walk" (Tex Allen) – 5:20
"Nisha" (Louis Hayes) – 9:22
"Loose Suite" (Ronnie Mathews) – 4:55
"My Gift to You" (Stafford James) – 7:00
"Jack's Tune" (Jackie McLean) – 5:14
"Marilyn's House" (Allen) – 5:15

Personnel

Louis Hayes – drums
Woody Shaw – trumpet, flugelhorn
Slide Hampton – trombone (tracks 4-6)
Rene McLean – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
Ronnie Mathews – piano
Stafford James – bass

References

^ Muse LP series discography: 5100 to 5149 accessed April 18, 2017
^ Muse Records discography accessed April 18, 2017
^ Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
^ Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. The Real Thing – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

v t e 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 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])

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