Gettin' Together (Art Pepper album)

Summary

Gettin' Together is a 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper playing with trumpeter Conte Candoli, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb (whose name is spelled “Jimmie” on the original album cover.)

Gettin' Together
Studio album by
Released1960
Recorded29 February 1960
GenreJazz
Length58:05
LabelContemporary/OJC
ProducerLester Koenig
Art Pepper chronology
Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics
(1959)
Gettin' Together
(1960)
Smack Up
(1960)

The liner notes by Martin Williams describe the album as 'a sort of sequel to the earlier Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section', which also featured the Miles Davis rhythm section of its time.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[4]
Down Beat[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "Whims of Chambers" (Paul Chambers) – 6:56
  2. "Bijou the Poodle" (Art Pepper) – 5:48
  3. "Why Are We Afraid" (Dory Langdon; André Previn) – 3:36
  4. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:55
  5. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:15
  6. "Diane" (Art Pepper) – 5:03
  7. "Gettin' Together" (Art Pepper) – 7 :50
(Recorded on 29 February 1960.)

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. Art Pepper: Gettin Together – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Cook, Cook; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1142. ISBN 978-0-1410-3401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 160. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Wilson, John (January 5, 1961). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. Vol. 20, no. 1. p. 38.