On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette album)

{{Infobox album

| name = On the Sunny Side

| type = Studio

| artist = Paul Quinichette

| cover = On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1957

| recorded = May 10, 1957

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length = 52:00 CD reissue with bonus track

| label = Prestige
PR 7103

| producer = Bob Weinstock

| chronology = Paul Quinichette

| prev_title = The Kid From Denver

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette

| next_year = 1957

}}

On the Sunny Side is an album by American jazz tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette featuring tracks recorded in May 1957 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7103 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 28, 2013

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{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=1188}}

}}

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it, "An enjoyable and underrated release".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-sunny-side-mw0000610963 Allmusic Review] accessed May 28, 2013

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

  1. "Blue Dots" - 7:54
  2. "Circles" - 11:50
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 5:44
  4. "Cool-Lypso" - 19:08
  5. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:24 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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