You Had Better Listen

1967 studio album by The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet
You Had Better Listen
Studio album by
The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet
Released1967
RecordedJanuary 16, 18-19, 1967
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length35:06
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArif Mardin, Joel Dorn
Kenny Barron chronology
You Had Better Listen
(1967) 		Sunset to Dawn
(1973)
Jimmy Owens chronology
You Had Better Listen
(1967) 		No Escaping It
(1970)

You Had Better Listen is a studio album by the American trumpeter Jimmy Owens and the pianist Kenny Barron, recorded in 1967 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

In his review on AllMusic, Andrew Hamilton notes: "The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet doesn't condescend like some jazz artists tend to do; casuals can groove, relate, nod their heads in approval and feel righteous about it. Owens plays some beautiful trumpet scales, while Barron keeps busy banging chord progressions."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted

  1. "You Had Better Listen" (Jimmy Owens) – 8:32
  2. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 5:11
  3. "Gichi" – 6:36
  4. "Love, Where Are You?" (James Moody) – 6:59
  5. "Carolina John" – 8:07

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed January 9, 2017
  2. ^ Jimmy Owens discography accessed January 9, 2017
  3. ^ Kenny Barron: recordings accessed January 9, 2017
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
  5. ^ a b Hamilton, Andrew. The Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet – You Had Better Listen: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1108. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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