Benny Golson : New York Scene

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Sell date: 7/1991
Label: Umgd/Fantasy/Original Jazz Cla
Mfg's Catalog#: 164
CDC Part#: 155756
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Full title is: Benny Golson's New York Scene [Bonus Track]

Length: 43:35

  Art Farmer - Trumpet
  Benny Golson - Sax (Tenor)
  Charlie Persip - Drums
  Gigi Gryce - Sax (Alto)
  Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone
  Julius Watkins - French Horn
  Paul Chambers - Bass
  Sahib Shihab - Sax (Baritone)
  Wynton Kelly - Piano

Benny Golson's debut as a leader was recorded at a time when he was better known as a composer than a tenor saxophonist. This CD reissue, which adds 'B.G.'s Holiday' to the original LP program, features Golson in a quintet with fellow future Jazztet co-leader Art Farmer on trumpet, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Charlie Persip on five selections, and with the same group plus four horns on three other songs. The set is most significant for including an early version of Golson's 'Whisper Not' (which soon became a jazz standard ) along with 'Step Lightly,' as well as for the leader's inventive and swinging arrangements; plus, there are some excellent solos from Golson and Farmer. Overall, this underrated gem served as a strong start to Benny Golson's influential solo career. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Something in B flat - 6:01 Play the Windows Media clip
Whisper Not - 5:57 Play the Windows Media clip
Step Lightly - 6:52 Play the Windows Media clip
Just by Myself - 4:08 Play the Windows Media clip
Blues It - 6:48 Play the Windows Media clip
You're Mine, You - 4:19 Play the Windows Media clip
Capri - 3:56 Play the Windows Media clip
B.G.'s Holiday [*] - 5:34 Play the Windows Media clip
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