Tell It the Way It Is!

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Tell It the Way It Is!
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1963
RecordedSeptember 4, 1963
Genre Jazz
Length36:04
Label Impulse
Producer Bob Thiele
Paul Gonsalves chronology
' Tenor Stuff'
(1960)
Tell It the Way It Is!
(1961)
' Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy'
(1961)
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Tell It the Way It Is! is an album recorded in 1963 by saxophonist Paul Gonsalves. He is joined by Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance, both members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, pianist Walter Bishop Jr., and trumpeter Rolf Ericson. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tell It the Way It Is!" (Addison Amor/Walter Bishop Jr.) – 11:37
  2. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington/Ted Persons) – 4:43
  3. "Duke's Place" (Duke Ellington/Bob Katz/Bob Thiele) – 5:28
  4. "Impulsive" (Johnny Hodges) – 5:01
  5. "Rapscallion in Rab's Canyon" (Johnny Hodges) – 3:46
  6. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour) – 5:35

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Tell It the Way It Is!". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 570. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "Paul Gonsalves: Tell it The Way It Is" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.