I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father)

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I'm Hip
(Please Don't Tell My Father)
John Pizzarelli I'm Hip album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1983 (1983-05)
RecordedMay 1983 (1983-05)
Genre Jazz
Length56:53
Producer Bernard Brightman
John Pizzarelli chronology
I'm Hip
(Please Don't Tell My Father)

(1983)
Hit That Jive, Jack!
(1985)

I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father) is the debut album by American jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Writing two decades after the album's release, Scott Yanow of AllMusic commented that Pizzarelli "never had a strong voice, but his charm and likable personality usually overcame his vocal shortcomings". He concluded the album was "[a]n interesting early effort." [1]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Route 66" Bobby Troup 3:17
2."I'm Hip" Dave Frishberg, Bob Dorough 2:57
3."A Man with One Million Dollars"James Cavanaugh, Paul Cunningham, Guy Wood2:58
4."Straighten Up and Fly Right" Irving Mills, Nat King Cole 2:17
5."Popsicle Toes" Michael Franks 3:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Like Jersey Best"Phil Bernardi, Joe Cosgriff4:16
2."Have Another One, Not Me" Joe Mooney 3:38
3."For Sentimental Reasons"Deek Watson, William Best2:51
4."The River Is Blue"Pizzarelli3:17
5."Here's Looking at You Kid"Pizzarelli2:33

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "I'm Hip - Please Don't Tell My Father John Pizzarelli at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  2. "I'm Hip – Please Don't Tell My Father - John Pizzarelli | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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