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Up Jumped Benny

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Up Jumped Benny
Live album by
Released1997
RecordedMay 23, 1996
VenueJazz Club Uster, Uster, Zurich, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length71:26
LabelArkadia Jazz
70741
ProducerMakoto Kimata
Benny Golson chronology
Tenor Legacy
(1996)
Up Jumped Benny
(1997)
Remembering Clifford
(1998)

Up Jumped Benny is a live album by saxophonist/composer Benny Golson that was recorded in 1996 and originally released by the Arkadia Jazz label.[1][2][3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell said "Benny Golson had not appeared on an American jazz label in a long time, so Bob Karcy of Arkadia Jazz stepped in where others feared to tread, issuing this live gig from a jazz club somewhere in Switzerland on the last day of a tour ... Stanley Crouch's liner notes are full of his usual respect-your-elders blather and the sound quality is boxy, but Golson's fans will feel fortunate to have this".[4]

JazzTimes' Harvey Pekar observed "In addition to being among the great jazz composer-arrangers, Golson’s a superb tenor saxophonist ... The group takes a couple of tunes at a rapid clip but most are done at medium and slow tempos. On them Golson’s warm tone and inventiveness come to the fore. And he can still cook".[6]

Track listing

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All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted

  1. "Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) – 8:48
  2. "Stablemates" – 8:46
  3. Talk Intro – 0:23
  4. "Tiny Capers" (Clifford Brown) – 10:45
  5. Talk Intro – 0:24
  6. "I Remember Clifford" – 15:21
  7. "For Old Times Sake" (James Williams) – 6:32
  8. "Whisper Not" – 10:02
  9. "Gypsy Jingle Jangle" – 10:25

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Arkadia Jazz discography: album details accessed March 25, 2019
  2. ^ Benny Golson website: discography accessed March 25, 2019
  3. ^ Jazzdisco: Benny Golson catalog accessed March 25, 2019
  4. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Benny Golson: Up Jumped Benny – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Pekar, H., JazzTimes Review, accessed March 25, 2019