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Dig It!

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Released
  
Mid August 1962

Length
  
33:40

Producer
  
Bob Weinstock

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
PrestigePRLP 7229

Recorded
  
March 22 and December 13, 1957February 2, 1958Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Dig It! is a jazz album by The Red Garland Quintet, recorded in 1957 and 1958 but not released until 1962 on the Prestige label as PRLP 7229.

Contents

Reception

Harvey Pekar wrote in the December 6, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine that "This Lp is another in the series of excellent informal sessions Garland and Coltrane made for Prestige in the late '50s."

Track listing

  1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 9:24
  2. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 3:26
  3. "CTA" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:42 also already issued on Taylor's Wailers
  4. "Lazy Mae" (Garland) – 16:06

Personnel

  • Red Garland – piano
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4)
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet (1, 4)
  • George Joyner – bass (1, 3, 4)
  • Paul Chambers – bass (2)
  • Art Taylor – drums

    • References

    Dig It! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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