| Up Jumped Benny | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Cover: | Up Jumped Benny.jpg |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Recorded: | May 23, 1996 |
| Venue: | Jazz Club Uster, Uster, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 71:26 |
| Label: | Arkadia Jazz 70741 |
| Producer: | Makoto Kimata |
| Chronology: | Benny Golson |
| Prev Title: | Tenor Legacy |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Remembering Clifford |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Up Jumped Benny is a live album by saxophonist/composer Benny Golson that was recorded in 1996 and originally released by the Arkadia Jazz label.[1] [2] [3]
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell said "Benny Golson had not appeared on an American jazz label in a long time, so Bob Karcy of Arkadia Jazz stepped in where others feared to tread, issuing this live gig from a jazz club somewhere in Switzerland on the last day of a tour ... Stanley Crouch's liner notes are full of his usual respect-your-elders blather and the sound quality is boxy, but Golson's fans will feel fortunate to have this".
JazzTimes' Harvey Pekar observed "In addition to being among the great jazz composer-arrangers, Golson’s a superb tenor saxophonist ... The group takes a couple of tunes at a rapid clip but most are done at medium and slow tempos. On them Golson’s warm tone and inventiveness come to the fore. And he can still cook".[4]
All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted