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Another Git Together is a studio album by the Jazztet, led by trumpeter and flugelhorn player Art Farmer and tenor saxophonist Benny Golson. It features performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the Mercury label. It was the band’s last recording for 20 years. Kay Norton was the producer and Tommy Nola was the recording engineer for the studio session recorded on May 28 (tracks: B2, B3) and June 21, (tracks: A1-A3, B1) 1962 at Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City.

Tracks | 34:28

1. Space Station (Grachan Moncur III) ~ 5:10
2. Domino (Don Raye, Jacques Plante, Louis Ferrari) ~ 6:58
3. Another Git Together (Jon Hendricks, Pony Poindexter) ~ 6:12
4. Along Came Betty (Benny Golson) ~ 5:24
5. This Nearly Was Mine (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) ~ 6:20
6. Reggie (Golson) ~ 4:24

• Art Farmer – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
• Grachan Moncur III – trombone
• Harold Mabern – piano
• Herbie Lewis – bass
• Roy McCurdy – drums

Led by two titans of jazz, Another Git Together is their second album for Mercury Records and sixth as a group. The album takes flight with a trip to the Space Station by Grachan Moncur III, an uptempo burner with a scintillating melody by the sextet. The pace slows to mid~tempo for Domino, a French composition which was written in 1950 by Don Raye, Jacques Plante, and Louis Ferrari. The title track, Another Git Together is a soulful midtempo blues by Jon Hendricks and Pony Poindexter which comes to life and ends with a dialogue between the trio which slowly fades into oblivion to end the first side. Along Came Betty opens the second side and is one of Benny Golson’s timeless jazz standards. The Jazztet delivers the melody at a leisurely easy pace (that’s slightly faster than the original recording), stepping aside for the lead solo by Mabern who rolls with relaxing verses that are well matched to the gorgeous groundwork of Lewis and McCurdy. This Nearly Was Mine was written in 1949 by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers, making its debut in their Broadway musical, South Pacific which premiered that year and later reappears in the 1958 film version as well. Farmer is back on flugelhorn and leads the ensemble through the melody of this pretty waltz at a livelier pace than normally heard. The last track is Reggie, a cheerful original by Benny that’s named for his second son and a perfect vehicle for improvisation as the sextet illustrates in unison on the opening chorus.

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