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In 1961 trombonist Bennie Green along with Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Junior Mance on piano, bassists Paul Chambers (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7) and Larry Gales (tracks 1, 4 & 5) alternating duties and drummer Ben Riley went into the studio and recorded 39 minutes and 31 seconds of jazz on March 9th and 22nd that would be released as Glidin’ Along on the Jazzland label.
The sessions were produced by Orrin Keepnews with Chambers in the mix on the 9th and Gales on 22nd. The quintet came out of the studio with seven songs composed by two members of the group, Green and Griffin
- African Dream – (Bennie Green)
- Sweet Sucker – (Johnny Griffin)
- Glidin’ Along – (Babs Gonzales)
- Green’s Scene – (Gonzales, Green)
- Milkshake – (Griffin)
- Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
- Expubidence (Gonzales)
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