In Good Company (Ted Brown album)

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]

In Good Company
Studio album by
Ted Brown with Jimmy Raney
Released1985
RecordedDecember 23, 1985
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length69:39
LabelCriss Cross Jazz
Criss 1019
ProducerGerry Teekens
Jimmy Raney chronology
Nardis
(1985)		 In Good Company
(1985)		 Wisteria
(1985)
Ted Brown chronology
Free Wheeling
(1956)		 In Good Company
(1985)		 Free Spirit
(1989)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

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
  1. "Blimey" (Ted Brown) – 4:49
  2. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 5:56
  3. "Lost and Found" (Hod O'Brien) – 6:40
  4. "Sir Felix" (Jimmy Raney) – 4:37
  5. "Instant Blue" (O'Brien) – 7:01
  6. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 4:49
  7. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:13
  8. "Lost and Found" [alternate take] (O'Brien) – 6:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "We'll Be Together Again" [alternate take] (Fischer, Laine) – 6:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Blimey" [alternate take] (Brown) – 5:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Sir Felix" [alternate take] (Raney) – 4:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "People Will Say We're in Love" [alternate take] (Rogers, Hammerstein) – 6:48 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References
  1. Criss Cross Jazz album details, accessed March 23, 2017
  2. Adler, David R.. Ted Brown: In Good Company – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.