Time Speaks

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{{Infobox album

| name = Time Speaks

| type = Album

| artist = Benny Golson with Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw

| cover = Time Speaks.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1983

| recorded = December 7 & 8, 1982

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 49:23

| label = Baystate
RJL 8054

| producer = Makoto Kimata

| chronology = Benny Golson

| prev_title = One More Mem'ry

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = This Is for You, John

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Freddie Hubbard

| type = Album

| prev_title = Back to Birdland

| prev_year = 1983

| title = Time Speaks

| year = 1983

| next_title = Sweet Return

| next_year = 1983

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Woody Shaw

| type = Album

| prev_title = Night Music

| prev_year = 1982

| title = Time Speaks

| year = 1983

| next_title = The Time Is Right

| next_year = 1983

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Timeless Cover

| type = Album

| cover = Time Speaks Timeless.jpg

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| alt =

| caption =

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Time Speaks, subtitled Dedicated to the Memory of Clifford Brown, is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Golson that was recorded in 1982 and released on the Japanese Baystate label the following year.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Baystate.htm Jazzlists: Baystate Records LP discography] accessed March 21, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/benny-golson/catalog/#baystate-rjl-8054 Jazzdisco: Benny Golson catalog] accessed March 21, 2019 The album features trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw performing tunes associated with, or inspired by, Clifford Brown and was reissued on the Dutch Timeless label in 1984.[http://50.62.230.18/discography/ The Official Woody Shaw Discography] accessed March 21, 2019[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Timeless_150.htm Jazzlists: Timeless Records SJP series discography] accessed March 21, 2019

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

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

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "This set was chiefly notable for teaming together for the first time trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. Ostensibly a tribute to Clifford Brown, the sextet date only has two songs actually played by Brown. No matter; it is for the Hubbard-Shaw matchup that this straight-ahead outing is mostly recommended, as the two trumpeters provide most of the fireworks".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000188087 |title= Benny Golson: Time Speaks – Review |accessdate=February 26, 2019}}

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson, except where noted

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston and Don Raye) – 8:00
  2. "Time Speaks" – 10:27
  3. "No Dancin'" – 7:01
  4. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) – 10:38
  5. "Blues for Duane" (Freddie Hubbard) – 5:14
  6. "Theme for Maxine" (Woody Shaw) – 8:18

Personnel

=Production=

References