Really Big!
title: "Really Big!" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1960-albums", "riverside-records-albums", "jimmy-heath-albums", "albums-arranged-by-jimmy-heath"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Big!" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Really Big! |
| type | Album |
| artist | Jimmy Heath |
| cover | Really Big!.jpg |
| released | 1960 |
| recorded | June 24 & 28, 1960 |
| New York City | |
| studio | Plaza Sound Studios |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 35:53 |
| label | Riverside |
| RLP 333 | |
| producer | Orrin Keepnews |
| chronology | Jimmy Heath |
| prev_title | The Thumper |
| prev_year | 1959 |
| next_title | The Quota |
| next_year | 1961 |
| :: |
| name = Really Big! | type = Album | artist = Jimmy Heath | cover = Really Big!.jpg | alt = | released = 1960 | recorded = June 24 & 28, 1960 New York City | venue = | studio = Plaza Sound Studios | genre = Jazz | length = 35:53 | label = Riverside RLP 333 | producer = Orrin Keepnews | chronology = Jimmy Heath | prev_title = The Thumper | prev_year = 1959 | next_title = The Quota | next_year = 1961 Really Big! is the second album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring big band performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "Jimmy Heath's first chance to lead a fairly large group, an all-star ten-piece, found him well featured both on tenor and as an arranger/composer... A well-conceived set".
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated
- Big "P" - 3:53
- Old Fashioned Fun - 4:34
- Mona's Mood - 4:53
- Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons) - 4:24
- Nails - 4:47
- On Green Dolphin Street (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 4:42
- My Ideal (Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase, Leo Robin) - 4:10
- Picture of Heath - 4:30
Personnel
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- Clark Terry - flugelhorn, trumpet
- Tom McIntosh - trombone
- Dick Berg - French horn
- Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
- Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan - piano
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Albert Heath - drums
- Orrin Keepnews - producer
- Ray Fowler - engineer
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-300-series/#rlp-12-333 Riverside Records discography] accessed October 22, 2012
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/really-big%21-mw0000099959 Allmusic Review] accessed October 22, 2012
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