Gettin' with It
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{{Infobox album
| name = Gettin' with It
| type = Album
| artist = Benny Golson
| cover = Gettin' with It.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = December 23, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:16
| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8248
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Benny Golson
| prev_title = Winchester Special
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Meet the Jazztet
| next_year = 1960
}}
Gettin' with It is the seventh album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in 1959 and originally released on the New Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/benny-golson/catalog/#new-jazz-njlp-8248 Benny Golson discography] accessed June 26, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Kofsky |first=Frank |date=October 12, 1961 |title=Benny Golson: Gettin' with It |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=21 |page=29 }}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|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=568}}
}}
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised the entire band as: "certainly among the most creative and swinging men on their respective instruments". The AllMusic review calls it "one of Benny Golson's best dates as a leader because one not only gets to enjoy his always strong arrangements, but his consistently first-rate tenor sax solos. Highly recommended".Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/gettin-with-it-mw0000180765 Allmusic Review] accessed June 26, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted
- "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 6:16
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:07
- "Blue Streak" – 6:55
- "Tippin' on Thru" – 6:40
- "Bob Hurd's Blues" – 12:18
Personnel
References
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Category:New Jazz Records albums