Beans & Greens Explained

Beans & Greens
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Freddie McCoy
Cover:	Beans & Greens.jpg
Released:	1968
Recorded:	October 2 & 4, 1967
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	33:09
Label:	Prestige PR 7542
Producer:	Cal Lampley
Chronology:	Freddie McCoy
Prev Title:	Peas 'n' Rice
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Soul Yogi
Next Year:	1968

Beans & Greens is the fifth album by American jazz vibraphonist Freddie McCoy which was recorded in 1967 for the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic rated the album 2 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie McCoy except where noted.

1. "Beans & Greens" – 4:30
2. "Tony's Pony 3:40
3. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 4:04
4. "I Was Made To Love Her" (Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 2:05
5. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) – 3:00
6. "Take My Love (And Shove It Up Your Heart)" – 3:20
7. "Sixth Avenue Stroll" – 5:20
8. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:20
9. "Doxy" (Sonny Rollins) – 2:50

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 2, 1965 (tracks 2-6) and October 4, 1967 (tracks 1 & 7-9)

Personnel

• • Freddie McCoy – vibraphone Wilbur "Dud" Buscomb, Edward David Williams – trumpet (tracks 2-6)
• JoAnne Brackeen – piano
• Wally Richardson – guitar (tracks 2-6)
• Dave Blume – organ
• Joseph Macho (tracks 2-6) Don Payne (tracks 1 & 7-9) – electric bass
• Ray Lucas – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7500-series/#pr-7542 Prestige Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/beans-and-greens-mw0000876461 Allmusic listing