You Had Better Listen
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{{Infobox album
| name = You Had Better Listen
| type = Studio
| artist = the Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet
| cover = You Had Better Listen.jpg
| released = 1967
| recorded = January 16, 18–19, 1967
| studio = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:06
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Arif Mardin, Joel Dorn
| chronology = Kenny Barron
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| prev_year =
| next_title = Sunset to Dawn
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Jimmy Owens
| type = Album
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = You Had Better Listen
| year = 1967
| next_title = No Escaping It
| next_year = 1970
}}
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You Had Better Listen is a studio album by the American trumpeter Jimmy Owens and the pianist Kenny Barron, recorded in 1967 and released on the Atlantic label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1491 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series] accessed January 9, 2017[http://jimmyowensjazz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4&Itemid=5 Jimmy Owens discography] accessed January 9, 2017[http://kennybarron.com/recordings/you-had-better-listen/ Kenny Barron: recordings] accessed January 9, 2017Fitzgerald, M. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Barron/kb-disc.php Kenny Barron Discography], accessed January 20, 2019
Reception
{{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=1108}}
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In his review on AllMusic, Andrew Hamilton notes: "The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet doesn't condescend like some jazz artists tend to do; casuals can groove, relate, nod their heads in approval and feel righteous about it. Owens plays some beautiful trumpet scales, while Barron keeps busy banging chord progressions."{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000042243|first=Andrew|last=Hamilton|label=The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet – You Had Better Listen: Review|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}
Track listing
All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted
- "You Had Better Listen" (Jimmy Owens) – 8:32
- "The Night We Called It a Day" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 5:11
- "Gichi" – 6:36
- "Love, Where Are You?" (James Moody) – 6:59
- "Carolina John" – 8:07
Personnel
- Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, flute
- Chris White – bass
- Rudy Collins (tracks 3 & 5), Freddie Waits (tracks 1, 2 & 4) – drums
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Category:Jimmy Owens (musician) albums
Category:Atlantic Records albums