Play It Now
{{Infobox album
| name = Play It Now
| type = Studio
| artist = Al Cohn
| cover = Play It Now.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = June 19, 1975
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Xanadu
110
| producer = Don Schlitten
| chronology = Al Cohn
| prev_title = Motoring Along
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = True Blue
| next_year = 1976
}}
Play It Now is an album by saxophonist Al Cohn which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography] accessed May 1, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 42
}}
}}
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Tenor saxophonist Al Cohn did some of his finest playing during his period (1975-80) with Xanadu".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/play-it-now-mw0000897852 Allmusic Review] accessed May 1, 2014
Track listing
- "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young) - 6:06
- "Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 9:47
- "Play It Now" (Al Cohn) - 5:02
- "Irrestible You" (Don Raye, Gene De Paul) - 6:36
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 6:26
- "It's Sand, Man!" (Ed Lewis) - 5:40