Good 'n' Groovy

1961 studio album by Joe Newman with Frank Foster
Good 'n' Groovy
Studio album by
Joe Newman with Frank Foster
Released1961
RecordedMarch 17, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length38:13
LabelSwingville
SVLP 2019
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Joe Newman chronology
Jive at Five
(1960)
Good 'n' Groovy
(1961)
Joe's Hap'nin's
(1961)

Good 'n' Groovy is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman with saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Swingville label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This was the second of Joe Newman's three dates he led under the Swingville banner".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Newman except as indicated

  1. "A.M. Romp" - 6:56
  2. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 5:39
  3. "Mo-Lasses" - 6:26
  4. "To Rigmor" - 5:15
  5. "Just Squeeze Me" (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) - 7:03
  6. "Loop-D-Loop" - 6:51

Personnel

  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Eddie Jones - bass
  • Bill English - drums

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed December 8, 2015
  2. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series, accessed December 8, 2015
  3. ^ a b Rusch, Bob. Good 'n' Groovy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1075. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Joe Newman
Studio albums
Live albums
  • v
  • t
  • e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums
as leader
or co-leader
With
Pepper
Adams
With
Kenny
Burrell
With
John
Coltrane
With
Art
Farmer
With
Ella
Fitzgerald
With
Curtis
Fuller
With
Coleman
Hawkins
With
Milt
Jackson
With
J.J.
Johnson
With
Sonny
Rollins
With
others


Stub icon

This 1960s jazz album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e