Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest explained

Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jimmy Forrest
Cover:	Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	September 1, 1961
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:24
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7235
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Jimmy Forrest
Prev Title:	Out of the Forrest
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	Most Much!
Next Year:	1961

Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating it "gives one a good example of Jimmy Forrest's playing and fortunately his solos are not as relaxed and laidback as the album's title might imply".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson) - 6:30
2. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:25
3. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Hudson, Mills) - 5:44
4. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 7:29
5. "Rocks in My Bed" (Duke Ellington) - 7:06
6. "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) - 4:20
7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:54 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Hugh Lawson - piano
• Calvin Newborn - guitar
• Tommy Potter - bass
• Clarence Johnston - drums

Production

• Esmond Edwards - supervisor
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7200-series/#prlp-7235 Prestige Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, January 29, 2013