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Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars, with the review by Jim Todd stating: "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

  1. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:42
  2. "Fire Down There" (Traditional) - later renamed St. Thomas 2:51
  3. "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:09
  4. "Under Blunder" - 3:06
  5. "Dark Eyes" (Florian Hermann) - 3:34
  6. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:56
  7. "Bass Knows" - 5:15
  8. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 2:49
  9. "A Ballad" (Sam Gill) - 4:20
  10. "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:59

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Billboard Feb 16, 1956
  2. ^ Riverside Records discography, accessed August 9, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Todd, J. Allmusic Review, accessed August 9, 2012.
  4. ^ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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