title: Fantastic Frank Strozier
text: # Fantastic Frank Strozier
  
  Fantastic Frank Strozier is the debut album by American saxophonist Frank Strozier, recorded in 1959 and 1960 for Vee-Jay Records. The personnel includes the rhythm section from part of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, recorded earlier in 1959.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Scott Yanow of AllMusic describes the music of Fantastic Frank Strozier as "advanced hard bop" that "is both enjoyable and (due to Little's presence) somewhat historic"; (trumpeter Booker Little died in 1961 after a short but brilliant career, making this album one of Little's few recordings). Critics Richard Cook and Brian Morton of The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album a favorable review, noting that "we have long held this record in high esteem and it never fails to deliver."
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
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  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Frank Strozier except as indicated
  
  * "W. K. Blues" (Wynton Kelly) – 4:07
  * "A Starling's Theme" – 5:27
  * "I Don't Know" – 8:19
  * "Waltz of the Demons" (Booker Little) – 5:42
  * "Runnin'" – 4:20
  * "Off Shore" (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:51
  
  Bonus tracks on VeeJay 2014 CD reissue:
  
  * "Lucka Duce" – 9:57
  * "Run" – 3:39
  * "Tibbit" – 9:51
  * "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 7:30
  * "Off Shore" (Alternate Take 3) (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:32
  
  Bonus tracks on Koch Jazz 2000 CD reissue:
  
  * "Lucka Duce" – 9:57
  * "Tibbit" – 9:51
  * "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 7:30
  * "Waltz of the Demons" (Alternate Take) (Booker Little) – 6:30
  * "Off Shore" (Alternate Take 3) (Leo Diamond, Michael Goldsen) – 6:32
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Frank Strozier – alto sax
  * Booker Little – trumpet
  * Wynton Kelly – piano
  * Paul Chambers – bass
  * Jimmy Cobb – drums
  