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1984 studio album by Buddy Tate and Al Grey
Just Jazz
Released 1984 Recorded April 28, 1984 Studio
Van Gelder Studio , Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre
Jazz Length 47 :30 CD reissue with additional tracks
Label
Uptown UP 27.21
Producer Mark Feldman
Things Are Getting Better All the Time (1983)
Just Jazz (1984)
Al Grey and Jesper Thilo Quintet (1986)
Just Jazz , is an album by saxophonist
Buddy Tate and trombonist
Al Grey , which was recorded in 1984 and released by the
Uptown label.
[1]
[2]
[3] The album was reissued on CD with two alternate takes by
Reservoir in 1989.
[4]
Reception
On
AllMusic Scott Yanow states, "Tenor-saxophonist Buddy Tate (who also contributes a bit of clarinet) blends in perfectly with trombonist Al Grey on this swinging quintet session ... Both Tate and Grey were in their late prime at the time".
[5]
Track listing
"Just Jazz" (Al Grey) – 5:05
"
Blues in My Heart " (
Benny Carter ,
Irving Mills ) – 6:19
"
Straighten Up and Fly Right " (
Nat King Cole , Mills) – 6:28
"
Topsy " (
Edgar Battle ,
Eddie Durham ) – 6:46
"Blue Creek" (Buddy Tate) – 6:02
"
Tangerine " (
Victor Schertzinger ,
Johnny Mercer ) – 6:21
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" [alternate take] (Cole, Mills) – 5:15 Additional track on CD reissue
"Just Jazz" [alternate take] (Grey) – 5:14 Additional track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
^
Jazzlists: Uptown Records Discography , accessed March 27, 2019
^
Both Sides Now: Uptown Records Discography , accessed March 27, 2019
^ Fitzgerald, M.
Uptown Records Listing , accessed March 27, 2019
^
Reservoir Records discography: album details , accessed March 27, 2019
^
a
b Yanow, Scott.
Buddy Tate: Just Jazz – Review at
AllMusic . Retrieved March 27, 2019.
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 1376.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Buck Clayton With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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