So Why Not? is an album by pianist Buddy Montgomery featuring performances recorded in 1985 and released on the Landmark label.Fitzgerald, M., Landmark Records listing. Retrieved February 4, 2019Jazzlists: album details. Retrieved February 4, 2019Jazzlists: Landmark 1500 series discography. Retrieved February 4, 2019
Reception
Scott Yanow at Allmusic noted "There is a lot of variety on this outing by Buddy Montgomery. ... All in all, this is a well-conceived and consistently intriguing straight-ahead outing by the underrated Buddy Montgomery".
Track listing All compositions by Buddy Montgomery except where noted "So Why Not?" – 4:42 "Waterfall" – 7:58 "My Sentiments Exactly" – 5:26 "Summer Nights" – 5:07 "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:02 "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:54 "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:23 "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:56 "Budini" – 5:52
Personnel Buddy Montgomery – piano, vibraphone, synthesizer Warren Gale – trumpet (tracks 1 & 4) David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–4) Jim Nichols – guitar (tracks 1 & 3) Ron Carter – bass (tracks 5, 6 & 8) Jeff Chambers – bass, electric bass (tracks 1–4 & 7) Ralph Penland – drums Orestes Vilató – percussion (track 8) Willie Colón – congas (tracks 1–4 & 8)
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