Party Time (Arnett Cobb album)

Party Time
Studio album by
Arnett Cobb
Released1959
RecordedMay 14, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length37:00
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7165
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Arnett Cobb chronology
Smooth Sailing
(1959) 		Party Time
(1959) 		More Party Time
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
DownBeat[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

Party Time is an album by saxophonist Arnett Cobb recorded in 1959 for the Prestige label.[4]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars and stated "most of the focus is on Cobb's tough yet flexible tenor... Highly recommended".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Arnett Cobb except as indicated

  1. "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" (Dave Franklin, Cliff Friend) - 5:48
  2. "Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) - 3:57
  3. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:20
  4. "Party Time" - 5:55
  5. "Flying Home" (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Eddie DeLange, Sid Robin) - 5:14
  6. "The Slow Poke" - 6:52
  7. "Cocktails for Two" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 5:14

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 3, 2013
  2. ^ Wilson, John S. (3 March 1960). "Arnett Cobb: Party Time". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 5. pp. 31–32.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 3, 2013