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The Happy Cats

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Released
  
1957

Artist
  
Joe Newman

Label
  
Jazz Lovers

The Happy Cats (1957)
  
Locking Horns (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 7, 1957 New 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

  1. "The Happy Cats" - 3:08
  2. "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 2:53
  3. "Later for the Happenings" (Johnny Acea) - 3:39
  4. "Buttercup" (Bud Powell) - 4:04
  5. "Robbin's Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) - 4:25
  6. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:18
  7. "Feather's Nest" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:46
  8. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:00
  9. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:34
  10. "Joe's Tune" - 3:19
  11. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) - 3:31

Personnel

  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Frank Rehak - trombone
  • Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Johnny Acea - piano
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Al Cohn (tracks 6, 8 & 9), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 2, 5, 7, 10 & 11), Quincy Jones (tracks 4) - arranger

    • Songs

    1Close Quarters5:23
    2José Beguines5:06
    3Blues for Slim7:38

    References

    The Happy Cats Wikipedia
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