Dig It!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dig It!
| type = studio
| artist = The Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane
| cover = GarlandDig.jpg
| alt =
| released = Mid August 1962[https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Red+Garland+dig+it%21+7229&pg=PA41 Billboard Aug 18, 1962]
| recorded = March 22, 1957;
December 13, 1957;
February 2, 1958
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:40
| label = Prestige
PRLP 7229
| producer = Bob Weinstock
| chronology = Red Garland
| prev_title = High Pressure
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = It's a Blue World
| next_year = 1970
}} {{Music ratings
| rev1 = DownBeat
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}DownBeat December 6, 1962 vol. 29, no. 30
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfixq8gld6e link]
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=526}}
}}
Dig It! is a jazz album by The Red Garland Quintet, recorded in 1957 and 1958 but not released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7229 until 1962.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/red-garland/catalog/#prestige-prlp-7229 At JazzDisco]
Reception
Harvey Pekar wrote in the December 6, 1962 issue of DownBeat magazine: "This Lp is another in the series of excellent informal sessions Garland and Coltrane made for Prestige in the late '50s."
Track listing
- "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 9:24
- "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 3:26
- "CTA" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:42 also already issued on Taylor's Wailers
- "Lazy Mae" (Garland) – 16:06
Personnel
- Red Garland – piano
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4)
- Donald Byrd – trumpet (1, 4)
- Jamil Nasser – bass (1, 3, 4)
- Paul Chambers – bass (2)
- Art Taylor – drums
References
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Category:Prestige Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Category:Albums recorded in a home studio
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