Released Early February 1956 Release date February 1956 Genre Jazz | Artist Randy Weston Trio Label Riverside Records | |
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Recorded August 29 & 31, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
(1955) With These Hands...
(1956) Producers Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer Similar Trio and Solo, The Randy Weston Trio, With These Hands, Jazz à la Bohemia, Cole Porter in a Modern | ||
Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars with the review by Jim Todd stating, "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".
Track listing
All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated
- "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:42
- "Fire Down There" (Traditional) - 2:51
- "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:09
- "Under Blunder" - 3:06
- "Dark Eyes" (Florian Hermann) - 3:34
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:56
- "Bass Knows" - 5:15
- "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 2:49
- "A Ballad" (Sam Gill) - 4:20
- "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:59
Personnel
Songs
1Get Happy3:46
2Fire Down There2:55
3Where Are You4:13
References
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