Wahoo! is an album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson, featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1964.[1]

Wahoo!
Studio album by Duke Pearson
Released	1964
Recorded	November 21, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:04
Label	Blue Note BST 84191
Producer	Alfred Lion
Duke Pearson chronology
Hush! (1962) Wahoo! (1964) Honeybuns (1965)
Alternative cover

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the album "A truly wonderful advanced hard bop date, Wahoo captures pianist Duke Pearson at his most adventurous and creative... one of the finest sophisticated hard bop dates Blue Note released in the mid-'60s".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Pearson, except where noted.

1. "Amanda" – 9:26
2. "Bedouin" – 9:30
3. "Farewell Machelle" – 2:48
4. "Wahoo" – 7:19
5. "ESP (Extrasensory Perception)" – 7:50
6. "Fly Little Bird Fly" (Donald Byrd) – 6:11

Personnel

• Duke Pearson – piano
• Donald Byrd – trumpet (all tracks except #3)
• James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute (all tracks except #3)
• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone (all tracks except #3)
• Bob Cranshaw – bass
• Mickey Roker – drums

References