''Tune In, Turn On'' (subtitled ''To the Hippest Commercials of the Sixties'') is an album by Benny Golson featuring music from

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s recorded in 1967 and released on the

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label.Benny Golson discography
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Reception

The

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review states, "the kind of release that serious jazz listeners loathed. For sheer enjoyment, however, one can raise the rating by better than half-it is fun even if it isn't remotely the best jazz, or jazz at all".

Track listing

# " Music to Watch Girls By" ( Sid Ramin) - 2:54 # "Wink" (Paul Murphy) - 2:42 # "The Dis-Advantages of You" (

Mitch Leigh Mitch Leigh (born Irwin Michnick; January 30, 1928March 16, 2014) was an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical ''Man of La Mancha''. Biography Early years Leigh was born in Brooklyn, New York as Irw ...

) - 2:19 # "

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1965 by The T-Bones and released as a single the same year. Composer The record itself lists Granville Sascha Burland as the composer, but ASCAP says the compo ...

" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) - 2:21 # "Right Any Time of the Day" (John Fox, Barry Ballister) - 2:32 # "Music to Think By" (Richard Boyell) - 2:35 # "The Swinger" (Mitch Leigh) - 2:35 # "The Magnificent Seven" ( Elmer Bernstein) - 2:49 # "Cool Whip" (Roy Eaton) - 2:35 # "The Golden Glow" (Benny Golson) - 2:10 # "Fried Bananas" (

Gary McFarland Gary Robert McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971) was an American composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist. He recorded for the jazz imprints Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s. '' Down Beat magazine'' said he made "on ...

) - 2:57 # "Happiness Is" ( Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) - 2:29

Personnel

* Benny Golson - arranger,

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* Art Farmer -

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, flugelhorn *

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Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh ...

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*Jimmy Tyrell - bass * Bernard Purdie - drums * Warren Smith -

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*Other unnamed musicians

References

{{Authority control Verve Records albums Benny Golson albums 1967 albums Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer) Instrumental albums