Just Jazz

Just Jazz
Studio album by
Buddy Tate and Al Grey
Released1984
RecordedApril 28, 1984
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length47:30 CD reissue with additional tracks
LabelUptown
UP 27.21
ProducerMark Feldman
Buddy Tate chronology
The Ballad Artistry
(1981) 		Just Jazz
(1984) 		Just Friends
(1992)
Al Grey chronology
Things Are Getting Better All the Time
(1983) 		Just Jazz
(1984) 		Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet
(1986)

Just Jazz, is an album by saxophonist Buddy Tate and trombonist Al Grey, which was recorded in 1984 and released by the Uptown label.[1][2][3] The album was reissued on CD with two alternate takes by Reservoir in 1989.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

On AllMusic Scott Yanow states, "Tenor-saxophonist Buddy Tate (who also contributes a bit of clarinet) blends in perfectly with trombonist Al Grey on this swinging quintet session ... Both Tate and Grey were in their late prime at the time".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Just Jazz" (Al Grey) – 5:05
  2. "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) – 6:19
  3. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Mills) – 6:28
  4. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) – 6:46
  5. "Blue Creek" (Buddy Tate) – 6:02
  6. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:21
  7. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" [alternate take] (Cole, Mills) – 5:15 Additional track on CD reissue
  8. "Just Jazz" [alternate take] (Grey) – 5:14 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Uptown Records Discography, accessed March 27, 2019
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Uptown Records Discography, accessed March 27, 2019
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Uptown Records Listing, accessed March 27, 2019
  4. ^ Reservoir Records discography: album details, accessed March 27, 2019
  5. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Buddy Tate: Just Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1376. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.