Dig It!

Dig It!
Studio album by
The Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane
ReleasedMid August 1962
RecordedMarch 22, 1957;
December 13, 1957;
February 2, 1958
StudiosVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length33:40
LabelsPrestige
PRLP 7229
ProducerBob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
High Pressure
(1961)		 Dig It!
(1962)		 It's a Blue World
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarHalf star

Dig It! is a jazz album by The Red Garland Quintet, recorded in 1957 and 1958 but not released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7229 until 1962.

Reception

Harvey Pekar wrote in the December 6, 1962 issue of DownBeat magazine: "This Lp is another in the series of excellent informal sessions Garland and Coltrane made for Prestige in the late '50s."

Track listing

  1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 9:24
  2. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 3:26
  3. "CTA" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:42 also already issued on Taylor's Wailers
  4. "Lazy Mae" (Garland) – 16:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Aug 18, 1962
  2. ↑ DownBeat December 6, 1962 vol. 29, no. 30
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ At JazzDisco