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Benny Golson's New York Scene + the Modern Touch (Bonus Track Version)

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Download links and information about Benny Golson's New York Scene + the Modern Touch (Bonus Track Version) by Benny Golson. This album was released in 1957 and it belongs to Jazz genres. It contains 20 tracks with total duration of 02:02:39 minutes.

Artist: Benny Golson
Release date: 1957
Genre: Jazz
Tracks: 20
Duration: 02:02:39
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Something in B Flat (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 6:05
2. Whisper Not (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 6:03
3. Step Lightly (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 6:56
4. Just by Myself (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 4:14
5. Blues It (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 6:52
6. You're Mine, You (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 4:22
7. Capri (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 4:01
8. B.G.'s Holiday (feat. Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce) 5:38
9. Out of the Past (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 6:29
10. Reunion (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 7:21
11. Venetian Breeze (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 5:41
12. Hymn to the Orient (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 4:15
13. Namely You (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 4:48
14. Blues on Down (feat. Kenny Dorham & Max Roach) 11:41
15. Sock Cha Cha (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 7:03
16. Mad About the Boy (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 7:19
17. Just by Myself (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 5:49
18. Shades of Stein (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 4:32
19. My Romance (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 7:30
20. Just in Time (feat. Tommy Flanagan) [Bonus Track] 6:00

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Benny Golson's debut as a leader was recorded at a time when he was better known as a composer than a tenor saxophonist. This CD reissue, which adds "B.G.'s Holiday" to the original LP program, features Golson in a quintet with fellow future Jazztet co-leader Art Farmer on trumpet, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Charlie Persip on five selections, and with the same group plus four horns on three other songs. The set is most significant for including an early version of Golson's "Whisper Not" (which soon became a jazz standard) along with "Step Lightly," as well as for the leader's inventive and swinging arrangements; plus, there are some excellent solos from Golson and Farmer. Overall, this underrated gem served as a strong start to Benny Golson's influential solo career.