Let's Jam Explained

Let's Jam
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Claude Hopkins with Buddy Tate and Joe Thomas
Cover:	Let's Jam.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	February 21, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:38
Label:	Swingville SVLP 2020
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Claude Hopkins
Prev Title:	Yes Indeed!
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Swing Time!
Next Year:	1963

Let's Jam is an album by pianist Claude Hopkins with saxophonist Buddy Tate and trumpeter Joe Thomas recorded in 1961 and originally released by the Swingville label.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All compositions by Claude Hopkins except where noted

1. "Offbeat Blues" – 4:59
2. "Safari Stomp" – 5:43
3. "Late Evening" (Hopkins, Esmond Edwards) – 6:33
4. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 5:14
5. "I Apologise" (Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson) – 3:47
6. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 4:23
7. "I Would Do Anything for You" (Hopkins, Alex Hill) – 3:59

Personnel

• Claude Hopkins – piano
• Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Joe Thomas – trumpet
• Wendell Marshall – bass
• J. C. Heard – drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed May 8, 2019
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-swingville-2000-4000-series/#svlp-2020 Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series