Released 1957 | Release date 1957 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded January 7, 1957New York City Similar Joe Newman albums, Jazz albums |
The Happy Cats is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Sextet recorded in early 1957 for the Coral label.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic gave the album 3 stars.
Track listing
All compositions by Joe Newman except as indicated
- "The Happy Cats" - 3:08
- "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 2:53
- "Later for the Happenings" (Johnny Acea) - 3:39
- "Buttercup" (Bud Powell) - 4:04
- "Robbin's Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) - 4:25
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:18
- "Feather's Nest" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:46
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:00
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:34
- "Joe's Tune" - 3:19
- "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) - 3:31
Personnel
Songs
1Close Quarters5:23
2José Beguines5:06
3Blues for Slim7:38
References
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