Quartets
Personnel:
Benny Golson with Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) // Benny Golson with Tommy Flanagan (p), Ron Carter (b) & Arthur Taylor (d).
Reference:
69250
This CD release contains the only two quartet recordings made by tenor saxophonist Benny Golson as a leader during the 1960s (the albums "Turning Point" and "Free"). It also contains the bonus track, "Impromptune", which has been included as it was the only quartet selection from an album titled "Take a Number From 1 to 10", which presented Golson in different formations ranging from a tenor sax solo to a tentet. This track, "Impromptune", was the only quartet track on the album.
Tracklisting:
1. How Am I To Know? (3:49)
2. The Masquerade Is Over (4:40)
3. Dear Kathy (4:49)
4. Three Little Words (4:41)
5. Turning Point (3:59)
6. Stella By Starlight (4:54)
7. Alone Together (7:32)
8. Sock Cha-cha (7:03)
9. Mad About The Boy (7:19)
10. Just By Myself (5:49)
11. Shades Of Stein (4:32)
12. My Romance (7:30)
13. Just In Time (5:59)
14. Impromptune (3:03)
Personnel and dates:
#1-7: "TURNING POINT" (1962)
Benny Golson with Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d).
Recorded in studio, New York, Oct 30-31 & Nov 1, 1962.
#8-13: "FREE" (1962)
Benny Golson with Tommy Flanagan (p), Ron Carter (b) & Arthur Taylor (d).
Recorded in studio, New Jersey, Dec 26, 1962.
#14: Benny Golson (ts) with Cedar Walton (p), Tommy Williams (b), Albert "Tootie" Heath (d). Recorded in New York, December 13, 1960.
