The Modern Touch
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Modern Touch
| type = Album
| artist = The Benny Golson Sextet
| cover = The Modern Touch.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = December 19 & 23, 1957
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
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| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:37
| label = Riverside
RLP 12-256
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Benny Golson
| prev_title = Benny Golson's New York Scene
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = The Other Side of Benny Golson
| next_year = 1958
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|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=568}}
}}
The Modern Touch is the second album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/benny-golson/catalog/#riverside-rlp-12-256 Benny Golson discography] accessed June 25, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Excellent playing on an above-average set that defines the modern mainstream of 1957 jazz."Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-modern-touch-mw0000099791 Allmusic review], accessed June 25, 2012.
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Golson except as indicated
- "Out of the Past" - 6:22
- "Reunion" (Gigi Gryce) - 7:14
- "Venetian Breeze" - 5:38
- "Hymn to the Orient" (Gryce) - 4:07
- "Namely You" (Gene de Paul, Johnny Mercer) - 4:42
- "Blues on Down" - 11:34
Personnel
References
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