Groovin' with Golson

Groovin' with Golson
Studio album by
Benny Golson
Released1959
RecordedAugust 28, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length34:01
LabelNew Jazz
NJLP 8220
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Benny Golson chronology
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
(1959) 		Groovin' with Golson
(1959) 		Winchester Special
(1959)

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

Reception

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

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "the hard bop music does indeed groove in its own fashion".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted.

  1. "My Blues House" - 9:25
  2. "Drum Boogie" (Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa) - 3:59
  3. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:25
  4. "The Stroller" - 9:18
  5. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 5:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Benny Golson discography accessed June 26, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 26, 2012
  3. ^ DeMichael, Don (4 February 1960). "Benny Golson: Groovin' with Golson". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 26–27.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.