Tune In, Turn On

Tune in, Turn On
Studio album by Benny Golson
Released 1967
Recorded April 12, 1967
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 30:58
Label Verve
V-8710
Producer Tom Wilson
Benny Golson chronology

Stockholm Sojourn
(1964)
Tune In, Turn On
(1967)
Are You Real
(1977)

Tune In, Turn On (subtitled To the Hippest Commercials of the Sixties) is an album by Benny Golson featuring music from television advertisements recorded in 1967 and released on the Verve label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review states, "the kind of release that serious jazz listeners loathed. For sheer enjoyment, however, one can raise the rating by better than half-it is fun even if it isn't remotely the best jazz, or jazz at all".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin) - 2:54
  2. "Wink"(Paul Murphy) - 2:42
  3. "The Dis-Advantages of You" (Mitch Leigh) - 2:19
  4. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" (Granville "Sascha" Burland) - 2:21
  5. Right Any Time of the Day"" (Fox/Ballister) - 2:32
  6. "Music to Think By" (Boyell) - 2:35
  7. "The Swinger" (Leigh) - 2:35
  8. "The Magnificent Seven" (Elmer Bernstein) - 2:49
  9. "Cool Whip" (Roy Eaton) - 2:35
  10. "The Golden Glow" (Benny Golson) - 2:10
  11. "Fried Bananas" (Gary McFarland) - 2:57
  12. "Happiness Is" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) - 2:29

Personnel

References

  1. Benny Golson discography accessed June 27, 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 Eder, B. Allmusic Review accessed June 27, 2012