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Released
  
1967

Tune In, Turn On (1967)
  
Are You Real (1977)

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
30:58

Artist
  
Benny Golson

Producer
  
Tom Wilson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 12, 1967 New York City

Similar
  
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Tune In, Turn On (subtitled To the Hippest Commercials of the Sixties) is an album by Benny Golson featuring music from television advertisements recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states, "the kind of release that serious jazz listeners loathed. For sheer enjoyment, however, one can raise the rating by better than half-it is fun even if it isn't remotely the best jazz, or jazz at all".

Track listing

  1. "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin) - 2:54
  2. "Wink"(Paul Murphy) - 2:42
  3. "The Dis-Advantages of You" (Mitch Leigh) - 2:19
  4. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) - 2:21
  5. Right Any Time of the Day"" (Fox/Ballister) - 2:32
  6. "Music to Think By" (Boyell) - 2:35
  7. "The Swinger" (Leigh) - 2:35
  8. "The Magnificent Seven" (Elmer Bernstein) - 2:49
  9. "Cool Whip" (Roy Eaton) - 2:35
  10. "The Golden Glow" (Benny Golson) - 2:10
  11. "Fried Bananas" (Gary McFarland) - 2:57
  12. "Happiness Is" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) - 2:29

Personnel

  • Benny Golson - arranger, tenor saxophone
  • Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard Tee - piano
  • Eric Gale - guitar
  • Jimmy Tyrell - bass
  • Bernard Purdie - drums
  • Warren Smith - percussion
  • Other unnamed musicians

    • Songs

    1Music to Watch Girls By2:53
    2Wink2:42
    3The Disadvantages of You2:18

    References

    Tune In, Turn On Wikipedia
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