Benny Golson ‎– The Other Side Of Benny Golson (USED)

MEDIA: VG+ Looks marvelous with only a couple hairline marks. 

ARTWORK: VG(+) very sharp and clean overall, minor faint ring discoloration on front. Bottom left corner has very minor creasing. 

MONO - Rare Riverside find!

Tenor-saxophonist Benny Golson's third recording as a leader was significant in two ways. It was his first opportunity to work with trombonist Curtis Fuller (the two would be members of The Jazztet by 1960) and it was one of his first chances to really stretch out on record as a soloist; up to this point Golson was possibly better known as a composer. Three of the six originals on this CD reissue of a Riverside date are Golson's ("Are You Real" was the closest one to catching on) but the emphasis is on the solos of the leader, Fuller and pianist Barry Harris; bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer Philly Joe Jones are excellent in support. -Allmusic