Gettin' Together (Paul Gonsalves album)

Gettin' Together! is an album recorded in 1960 by Paul Gonsalves. AllMusic's Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 1/2 stars. He wrote "The music is straight-ahead and shows that Gonsalves was quite capable of playing with younger "modernists"." The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “a remarkable album, beautifully played and recorded.”[1]

Gettin' Together!
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedDecember 20th 1960
GenreJazz
Length39.24
LabelJazzland
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Paul Gonsalves chronology
Ellingtonia Moods and Blues
(1960)
Gettin' Together!
(1961)
Tenor Stuff
(1961)

It was voted number 1 in the 50 All-Time Overlooked Jazz Albums from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[2]

Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach/Jerome Kern) - 3.32
  2. "J. And B. Blues" (Joe Livramento) 4:57
  3. "I Surrender, Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) 4:22
  4. "Hard Groove" (Paul Gonsalves) 4:57
  5. "Low Gravy" (Jelly Roll Morton) 7:51
  6. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) 4:06
  7. "Gettin' Together" (Babs Gonzales) 4:54
  8. "Walkin"' (Richard Carpenter) 4:45

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 570. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 26. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  3. ^ Scott Yanow (1960-12-20). "Gettin' Together! - Paul Gonsalves | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.