Act Your Age (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band album) explained

Act Your Age
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Cover:	Act Your Age (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band album).jpeg
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Immergent
Producer:	Lee Ritenour
Prev Title:	The Phat Pack
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	That's How We Roll
Next Year:	2011

Act Your Age is the fourth album by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band. It received a Grammy Award nomination in 2008 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Gordon Goodwin received nominations for Best Instrumental Composition ("Hit the Ground Running") and Best Instrumental Arrangement ("Yesterdays").^[1]

Guests include Chick Corea performing his own composition, "Señor Mouse". Another track incorporates Zenph Studios' re-performance of Art Tatum's 1949 recording of "Yesterdays" with a big band arrangement by Goodwin.

The album includes a DVD containing recording studio footage and bonus features, such as a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album.

Track listing

Source: AllMusic

Personnel

Band

• Gordon Goodwin – piano, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jeff Driskill – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone
• Sal Lozano – flute, piccolo, alto saxophone
• Eric Marienthal – flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Jay Mason – bass, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Brian Scanlon – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone
• Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
• Daniel Fornero – trumpet
• Dan Savant – trumpet
• Alex Iles – trombone
• Andy Martin – trombone
• Charlie Morillas – trombone
• Francisco Torres – trombone
• Craig Ware – bass trombone
• Grant Geissman – guitar
• Andrew Synowiec – guitar
• Bernie Dresel – drums
• Brad Dutz – percussion, vibraphone

Guests

• Chick Corea – piano
• Dave Grusin – piano
• Art Tatum – piano
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Nathan East – bass guitar
• Patti Austin – vocals

Technical

• David Helfant – executive producer
• John Trickett – executive producer
• David Tedds –producer
• Lee Ritenour – producer
• Gordon Goodwin – producer
• Dan Savant – producer
• Gary Lee – engineer
• Gus Skinas – engineer
• Bernie Kirsch – engineer
• Paul Klingberg – engineer, producer mixing, surround mix
• Tommy Vicari – engineer, mixing
• Richard King – engineer
• Michael Aarvold – digital editing, engineer
• Michael Atwell – digital editing
• Doug Sax – mastering^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zenph Studios Gets Its First GRAMMY Nods . Zenph Studios . 2008-12-07 . 2013-06-08.
2. Web site: Act Your Age – Gordon Goodwin Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 5 February 2017.