Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label.Riverside Records discography. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Jim Todd stated: "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".Todd, Jim, "Get Happy Review", AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
Track listing All compositions by Randy Weston, except as indicated "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:42 "Fire Down There" (Traditional) - recorded by Sonny Rollins and others as "St. Thomas" - 2:51 "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:09 "Under Blunder" - 3:06 "Dark Eyes" (Florian Hermann) - 3:34 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:56 "Bass Knows" - 5:15 "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) - 2:49 "A Ballad" (Sam Gill) - 4:20 "Twelfth Street Rag" (Euday L. Bowman) - 2:59
Personnel Randy Weston - piano Sam Gill - bass Wilbert Hogan - drums
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