Folk Songs for Far Out Folk is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Warner Bros. in 1959. It features orchestral jazz interpretations of African, Hebrew and American folk tunes.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars saying it was "highly recommended".[3]

Track listing

All compositions are traditional

  1. "Mate'ka" - 6:35
  2. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" - 4:12
  3. "Been in the Pen So Long" - 3:09
  4. "Chili'lo" - 3:56
  5. "Rav's Nigun" - 3:00
  6. "Old Paint" - 4:55
  7. "Manthi-Ki" - 5:09
  8. "Baal Shem Tov" - 4:01
  9. "Foggy, Foggy Dew" - 5:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation album entry, accessed August 12, 2015
  2. ^ Fred Katz Catalog, accessed August 12, 2015
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Folk Songs for Far Out Folk – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
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