Gettin' Together (Paul Gonsalves album) explained

Gettin' Together!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Gonsalves
Cover:	Gettin' Together (Paul Gonsalves album).jpeg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	December 20th 1960
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39.24
Label:	Jazzland
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Prev Title:	Ellingtonia Moods and Blues
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Tenor Stuff
Next Year:	1961

Gettin' Together! is an album recorded in 1960 by Paul Gonsalves. AllMusic's Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 1/2 stars. He wrote "The music is straight-ahead and shows that Gonsalves was quite capable of playing with younger "modernists"." The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes it as “a remarkable album, beautifully played and recorded.”

It was voted number 1 in the 50 All-Time Overlooked Jazz Albums from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach/Jerome Kern) - 3.32
2. "J. And B. Blues" (Joe Livramento) 4:57
3. "I Surrender, Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) 4:22
4. "Hard Groove" (Paul Gonsalves) 4:57
5. "Low Gravy" (Jelly Roll Morton) 7:51
6. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) 4:06
7. "Gettin' Together" (Babs Gonzales) 4:54
8. "Walkin"' (Richard Carpenter) 4:45

Personnel

• • Paul Gonsalves - Tenor Saxophone Nat Adderley - Cornet, except #3, 6 & 8
    • Wynton Kelly - Piano Sam Jones - Bass Jimmy Cobb - Drums

Notes and References

1. Book: All Time Top 1000 Albums. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin. Virgin Books. 2000. 3rd. 0-7535-0493-6. 26.