The Happy Cats
1957 studio album by Joe Newman Sextet
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Studio album by Joe Newman Sextet | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | January 7, 1957 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Coral CRL 57121 | |||
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The Happy Cats is an album by trumpeter Joe Newman's Sextet recorded in early 1957 for the Coral label.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic gave the album 3 stars.[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Joe Newman except as indicated
- "The Happy Cats" - 3:08
- "Cocktails for Two" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 2:53
- "Later for the Happenings" (Johnny Acea) - 3:39
- "Buttercup" (Bud Powell) - 4:04
- "Robbin's Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) - 4:25
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:18
- "Feather's Nest" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:46
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 3:00
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:34
- "Joe's Tune" - 3:19
- "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) - 3:31
Personnel
- Joe Newman - trumpet
- Frank Rehak - trombone
- Frank Wess - tenor saxophone, flute
- Johnny Acea - piano
- Eddie Jones - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
- Al Cohn (tracks 6, 8 & 9), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 2, 5, 7, 10 & 11), Quincy Jones (tracks 4) - arranger
References
- ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R, Neely, T. & Callahan, M., Coral Album Discography, accessed December 7, 2015
- ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed December 7, 2015
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Joe Newman
- All I Wanna Do Is Swing (1955)
- The Count's Men (1955)
- I'm Still Swinging (1955)
- New Sounds in Swing (1956)
- Salute to Satch (1956)
- I Feel Like a Newman (1956)
- The Midgets (1956)
- Locking Horns (1957)
- The Happy Cats (1957)
- Soft Swingin' Jazz (1958)
- Joe Newman with Woodwinds (1958)
- Jive at Five (1960)
- Good 'n' Groovy (1961)
- Joe's Hap'nin's (1961)
- Hangin' Out (1961)
- Counting Five in Sweden (1958)
- Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (1961)