In Good Company (Ted Brown album)
Appearance
In Good Company | ||||
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Studio album by Ted Brown with Jimmy Raney | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | December 23, 1985 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 69:39 | |||
Label | Criss Cross Jazz Criss 1019 | |||
Producer | Gerry Teekens | |||
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Ted Brown chronology | ||||
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In Good Company is an album by saxophonist Ted Brown with guitarist Jimmy Raney recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch label, Criss Cross Jazz.[1] The CD rerelease added five alternate takes in 1990 renaming the album Good Company and displaying Jimmy Raney's name more prominently.[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |
David R. Adler of AllMusic observed "In Good Company makes a nice companion piece to Warne Marsh's Back Home ... There's some good Tristano-oriented bop writing here." noting "Ted Brown and guitar legend Jimmy Raney are essentially co-leaders here, teaming with a stellar rhythm section".[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Blimey" (Ted Brown) – 4:49
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:56
- "Lost and Found" (Hod O'Brien) – 6:40
- "Sir Felix" (Jimmy Raney) – 4:37
- "Instant Blue" (O'Brien) – 7:01
- "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:49
- "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:13
- "Lost and Found" [alternate take] (O'Brien) – 6:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "We'll Be Together Again" [alternate take] (Fischer, Laine) – 6:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Blimey" [alternate take] (Brown) – 5:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Sir Felix" [alternate take] (Raney) – 4:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "People Will Say We're in Love" [alternate take] (Rogers, Hammerstein) – 6:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
[edit]- Ted Brown – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Raney – guitar
- Hod O'Brien – piano
- Buster Williams – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Criss Cross Jazz album details, accessed March 23, 2017
- ^ a b c Adler, David R.. Ted Brown: In Good Company – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.