''Most Much!'' is an album by saxophonist
Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the
Prestige
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label.
Prestige Records discography
accessed January 29, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow of AllMusic
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states, "Jimmy Forrest was a very consistent tenor, able to infuse bop and swing standards with soul and his distinctive tone... Enjoyable music from the warm tenor".[Yanow, S]
AllMusic Review
January 29, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Forrest except where noted.
# "Matilda
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" ( Norman Span) – 4:50
# "Annie Laurie
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" (Traditional) – 7:46
# " Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma
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, Johnny Mercer
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, Jacques Prévert
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) – 4:28
# " My Buddy" ( Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn
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) – 2:44
# "I Love You" (Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson) – 5:16
# "Soft Winds" (Benny Goodman
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) – 5:40
# "Robbin's Nest" (Illinois Jacquet
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, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 8:51
# "Most Much" – 6:41
# " Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown
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, Buddy DeSylva
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, Ray Henderson
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Born in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley. He was one-third of ...
) – 3:19
Personnel
* Jimmy Forrest – tenor saxophone
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* Hugh Lawson – piano
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*Tommy Potter
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Born in Philadelphia, Penn ...
– bass
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*Clarence Johnston
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– drums
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*Ray Barretto
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– congas
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*Esmond Edwards – supervisor
*Rudy Van Gelder
Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Mil ...
– engineer
References
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Jimmy Forrest albums
1961 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards