Workin' Out!

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Workin' Out!
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Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedJune 18 & October 21, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length77:10
Label Prestige
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Bobby Timmons chronology
Chun-King
(1964)
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(1965)
Holiday Soul
(1964)

Workin' Out! is an album by American jazz pianist Bobby Timmons recorded in 1964 and released in 1965 on the Prestige label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Bobby Timmons most advanced recordings of the 1960s". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Timmons except as noted

  1. "Lela" (Johnny Lytle) - 9:05
  2. "Trick Hips" - 7:57
  3. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) - 2:40
  4. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 9:11
  5. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) - 8:35
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 18, 1964 (track 3) and October 21, 1964 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5).

Personnel

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References

  1. Bobby Timmons discography, accessed February 11, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed February 11, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1402. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 191. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.