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Act Your Age (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band album)

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Length
  
67:39

Release date
  
30 September 2008

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Immergent

Producer
  
Lee Ritenour

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Released
  
September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30)

Act Your Age (2008)
  
That's How We Roll (2011)

Artist
  
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Similar
  
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band albums, Jazz albums

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Act Your Age is the fourth album recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. The album includes a DVD containing recording studio footage and bonus features, such as a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album. It received a Grammy Award nomination in 2008 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

Contents

The album features many guest artists including Chick Corea on his own composition "Señor Mouse". Another track incorporates Zenph Studios' re-performance of Art Tatum's 1949 recording of "Yesterdays", with a big band arrangement by Goodwin. This track received a 2008 Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

Act your age with gordon goodwin and edhs performed before recording came out


Track listing

  1. "Hit the Ground Running"
  2. "Watermelon Man"
  3. "September" (featuring Patti Austin and Lee Ritenour)
  4. "Yesterdays" (featuring Art Tatum)
  5. "Señor Mouse" (featuring Chick Corea)
  6. "Punta Del Soul"
  7. "Act Your Age" (featuring Nathan East)
  8. "Chance Encounters"
  9. "Backrow Politics"
  10. "East Coast Envy"
  11. "El Macho Muchacho"
  12. "Gumbo Street"

Personnel

Band

  • Gordon Goodwin – piano, sax (soprano), sax (tenor)
  • Andrew Synowiec – guitar
  • Grant Geissman – guitar
  • Bernie Dresel – drums
  • Brad Dutz – percussion, vibraphone
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Dan Savant – trumpet
  • Daniel Fornero – trumpet
  • Alex Iles – trombone
  • Francisco Torres – trombone
  • Andy Martin – trombone
  • Charlie Morillas – trombone
  • Craig Ware – trombone (bass)
  • Sal Lozano – flute, piccolo, sax (alto)
  • Eric Marienthal – flute, sax (alto), sax (soprano)
  • Brian Scanlon – clarinet, flute, sax (tenor)
  • Jeff Driskill – clarinet, flute, sax (tenor)
  • Jay Mason – bass, clarinet (bass), sax (baritone)

    • Guests

  • Patti Austin – vocals
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Dave Grusin – piano
  • Art Tatum – piano
  • Lee Ritenour – guitar
  • Nathan East – bass guitar

    • Technical

  • David Helfant – executive producer
  • John Trickett – executive producer
  • David Tedds –producer
  • Lee Ritenour – producer
  • Gordon Goodwin – producer
  • Dan Savant – producer
  • Gary Lee – engineer
  • Gus Skinas – engineer
  • Bernie Kirsch – engineer
  • Paul Klingberg – engineer, mixing, producer, surround mix
  • Tommy Vicari – engineer, mixing
  • Richard King – engineer
  • Michael Aarvold – digital editing, engineer
  • Michael Atwell – digital editing
  • Doug Sax – mastering

    • Songs

    1Hit the Ground Running4:56
    2Watermelon Man5:28
    3September4:30

    References

    Act Your Age (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band album) Wikipedia
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