Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label.[2]
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Released | Early February 1956[1] | |||
Recorded | August 29 & 31, 1955 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 12-203 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer | |||
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Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Allmusic review by Jim Todd stated: "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Randy Weston, except as indicated
- "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:42
- "Fire Down There" (Traditional) - later renamed "St. Thomas" - 2:51
- "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:09
- "Under Blunder" - 3:06
- "Dark Eyes" (Florian Hermann) - 3:34
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:56
- "Bass Knows" - 5:15
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 2:49
- "A Ballad" (Sam Gill) - 4:20
- "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:59
Personnel
- Randy Weston - piano
- Sam Gill - bass
- Wilbert Hogan - drums
References
- Billboard Feb 16, 1956
- Riverside Records discography, accessed August 9, 2012.
- Todd, J. Allmusic Review, accessed August 9, 2012.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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