Beware by Benny Golson & Art Farmer

Art Farmer and Benny Golson led this sextet that sounds like a big band, with the idea of giving ample space to each soloist, but within a framework that did more than set up lines at the beginning and end in a jam session type of group. With composer-arranger Golson doing the majority of the writing, this was fully accomplished.

"I feel that with three horns, we can get any effect we want. How do we get such a big sound? It's really no trick. It's there and obvious you just have to pick the right notes. They're there. You have to emulate the things you have in your mind," said Golson. The Jazztet won the new star award among jazz groups in the Down Beat International Jazz Critics poll.

"It Ain't Necessarily So" is from Porgy and Bess, which had gained recent attention from the film version. The version recorded is at a medium tempo. "Killer Joe" is "lean and mean, with Farmer's muted horn in the lead and horns blowing softly over a bridge where the rhythm is suspended“, released as a single it had reportedly sold over 40,000 copies back then.

"This album is a hard bop classic.“
- Scott Yanow, AllMusic

"...a talent-studded little band, among the finest groups of its time.“
- Jazz Journal International

Tracklist

1.	Whisper Not	5:24

2.	Richie's Dilemma	5:14

3.	I Fall in Love Too Easily	4:49

4.	In Love in Vain	7:19

5.	Stella by Starlight	4:54

6.	Just in Time	5:26

7.	This Nearly Was Mine	6:29

8.	Rue Prevail	4:28

9.	Sonny's Back	4:08

10.	Killer Joe	4:14

11.	My Kinda Love	7:17

12.	The Masquerade Is Over	4:42

13.	It Ain't Necessarily So	4:30

14.	Along Came Betty	5:31

Credits

released September 26, 2024

Benny Golson - tenor sax
Art Farmer - trumpet
Curtis Fuller - trombone
McCoy Tyner - piano
Addison Farmer - bass
Lex Humphries - drums

and others

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