Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest

Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedSeptember 1, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length41:24
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7235
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Jimmy Forrest chronology
Out of the Forrest
(1961)
Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
(1961)
Most Much!
(1961)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating it "gives one a good example of Jimmy Forrest's playing and fortunately his solos are not as relaxed and laidback as the album's title might imply".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson) - 6:30
  2. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:25
  3. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Hudson, Mills) - 5:44
  4. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 7:29
  5. "Rocks in My Bed" (Duke Ellington) - 7:06
  6. "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) - 4:20
  7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:54 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed January 29, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 29, 2013
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.