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]

Groovin' with Golson
Studio album by
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)

Reception edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.