Just Jazz
1984 studio album by Buddy Tate and Al Grey
Just Jazz | ||||
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Studio album by Buddy Tate and Al Grey | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | April 28, 1984 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:30 CD reissue with additional tracks | |||
Label | Uptown UP 27.21 | |||
Producer | Mark Feldman | |||
Buddy Tate chronology | ||||
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Al Grey chronology | ||||
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Just Jazz, is an album by saxophonist Buddy Tate and trombonist Al Grey, which was recorded in 1984 and released by the Uptown label.[1][2][3] The album was reissued on CD with two alternate takes by Reservoir in 1989.[4]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
On AllMusic Scott Yanow states, "Tenor-saxophonist Buddy Tate (who also contributes a bit of clarinet) blends in perfectly with trombonist Al Grey on this swinging quintet session ... Both Tate and Grey were in their late prime at the time".[5]
Track listing
- "Just Jazz" (Al Grey) – 5:05
- "Blues in My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills) – 6:19
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Mills) – 6:28
- "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) – 6:46
- "Blue Creek" (Buddy Tate) – 6:02
- "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:21
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right" [alternate take] (Cole, Mills) – 5:15 Additional track on CD reissue
- "Just Jazz" [alternate take] (Grey) – 5:14 Additional track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Al Grey – trombone
- Richard Wyands – piano
- Major Holley – double bass
- Al Harewood – drums
- Don Sickler - arranger
References
- ^ Jazzlists: Uptown Records Discography, accessed March 27, 2019
- ^ Both Sides Now: Uptown Records Discography, accessed March 27, 2019
- ^ Fitzgerald, M. Uptown Records Listing, accessed March 27, 2019
- ^ Reservoir Records discography: album details, accessed March 27, 2019
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Buddy Tate: Just Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1376. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Swinging Like Tate (1958)
- Tate's Date (1959)
- Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Arnett Cobb, 1959)
- Buck & Buddy (and Buck Clayton, 1960)
- Tate-a-Tate (and Clark Terry, 1960)
- Groovin' with Buddy Tate (1961)
- Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues (with Buck Clayton, 1961)
- Unbroken (1970)
- Buddy Tate and His Buddies (1973)
- Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand/Buddy Tate Meets Abdullah Ibrahim: The Legendary Encounter (1977)
- Live at Sandy's (1978)
- Hard Blowin' (1978)
Buck Clayton
- Buck Meets Ruby (and Ruby Braff, 1954)
- Jumpin' at the Woodside (1955)
- All the Cats Join In (1955)
- Songs for Swingers (1958)
- Copenhagen Concert (and Jimmy Rushing, 1959)
- One for Buck (1961)
- Madison Time (Ray Bryant, 1959–60)
- Dancing the Big Twist (Ray Bryant, 1960–61)
- Conversin' with the Elders (James Carter, 1995–96)
- Live at Sandy's! (Arnett Cobb, 1978)
- Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge, 1951)
- Bones for the King (Dicky Wells, 1958)