Really Big!
{{Infobox album
| name = Really Big!
| type = Album
| artist = Jimmy Heath
| cover = Really Big!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = June 24 & 28, 1960
New York City
| venue =
| studio = Plaza Sound Studios
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:53
| label = Riverside
RLP 333
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Jimmy Heath
| prev_title = The Thumper
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = The Quota
| next_year = 1961
}}
Really Big! is the second album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring big band performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-300-series/#rlp-12-333 Riverside Records discography] accessed October 22, 2012
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|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=678}}
}}
Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "Jimmy Heath's first chance to lead a fairly large group, an all-star ten-piece, found him well featured both on tenor and as an arranger/composer... A well-conceived set".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/really-big%21-mw0000099959 Allmusic Review] accessed October 22, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated
- Big "P" - 3:53
- Old Fashioned Fun - 4:34
- Mona's Mood - 4:53
- Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons) - 4:24
- Nails - 4:47
- On Green Dolphin Street (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 4:42
- My Ideal (Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase, Leo Robin) - 4:10
- Picture of Heath - 4:30
Personnel
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- Clark Terry - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Tom McIntosh - trombone
- Dick Berg - French horn
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
- Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Albert Heath - drums
- Orrin Keepnews - producer
- Ray Fowler - engineer
References
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