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Gettin' with It

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Gettin' with It
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedDecember 23, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:16
LabelNew Jazz
NJLP 8248
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Benny Golson chronology
Winchester Special
(1959)
Gettin' with It
(1960)
Meet the Jazztet
(1960)

Gettin' with It is the seventh album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in 1959 and originally released on the New Jazz label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised the entire band as: "certainly among the most creative and swinging men on their respective instruments".[3] The AllMusic review calls it "one of Benny Golson's best dates as a leader because one not only gets to enjoy his always strong arrangements, but his consistently first-rate tenor sax solos. Highly recommended".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted

  1. "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 6:16
  2. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:07
  3. "Blue Streak" – 6:55
  4. "Tippin' on Thru" – 6:40
  5. "Bob Hurd's Blues" – 12:18

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Benny Golson discography accessed June 26, 2012
  2. ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2012
  3. ^ a b Kofsky, Frank (October 12, 1961). "Benny Golson: Gettin' with It". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 29.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.