Just Friends (Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person album) explained

Just Friends
Type:	studio
Artist:	Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person
Cover:	Just Friends (Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person album).jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	February 15, 1990
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	46:51
Label:	Muse MCD 5418
Producer:	Houston Person
Chronology:	Houston Person
Prev Title:	Now's the Time
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Why Not!
Next Year:	1991

Just Friends, subtitled The Tenors of Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person, is an album by saxophonists Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person that was released by Muse in 1992.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Track listing

1. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 6:39
2. "Ellington Medley: Day Dream/In a Sentimental Mood/Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn/Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills/Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Mills) – 7:38
3. "Lucaya Blue" (Nat Simkins) – 5:03
4. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 5:58
5. "Buddy's Blues" (Buddy Tate) – 7:50
6. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:48
7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 6:55

Personnel

• Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person – tenor saxophone
  • • Stan Hope – piano Major Holley – bass Grady Tate – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Muse Records Listing . jazzdiscography.com . January 9, 2019.
2. Web site: Muse discography 5400 to 5449 . www.jazzlists.com . January 9, 2019.
3. Web site: Payne . Douglas . A Houston Person Discography . Sound Insights . January 9, 2019 . 27 June 2009.
4. Web site: Nat Simpkins catalog . www.jazzdisco.org . January 9, 2019.