''Gettin' with It'' is the seventh album by saxophonist

Benny Golson Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...

featuring performances recorded in 1959 and originally released on the New Jazz label.Benny Golson discography
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Reception

The contemporaneous ''

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review calls it "one of Benny Golson's best dates as a leader because one not only gets to enjoy his always strong arrangements, but his consistently first-rate tenor sax solos. Highly recommended".Dryden, K
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Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted # " Baubles, Bangles & Beads" (

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 183327 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as " The Five", a group dedicated to prod ...

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, Robert Wright) – 6:16 # " April in Paris" (

Vernon Duke Vernon Duke ( 16 January 1969) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for " Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940), "I ...

, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:07 # "Blue Streak" – 6:55 # "Tippin' on Thru" – 6:40 # "Bob Hurd's Blues" – 12:18

Personnel

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

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Doug Watkins Douglas Watkins (March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962) was an American jazz double bassist. He was best known for being an accompanist to various hard bop artists in the Detroit area, including Donald Byrd and Jackie McLean. Biography Watkins ...

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References

{{Authority control New Jazz Records albums Benny Golson albums 1960 albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio