You Better Believe It! is an album by Jazz musician and bandleader
Gerald Wilson. Recorded in 1961 for the
Pacific Jazz label,[1] it featuring a 17 piece orchestra, the music is arranged, directed and mainly composed by Wilson. The orchestra is made up of west coast-based musicians such as
Richard "Groove" Holmes,
Harold Land, and
Carmell Jones.
AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Joe Viglion said: "The 17-piece orchestra performs like a trio or quartet, each musician knowing where to be and when to execute, so the tension shifts and the moods change as subtle instrumentation slides in track by instrumental track. Shifting from quiet to quickly dramatic, the ideas keep flowing from Wilson's creative fount ".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated