Tune In, Turn On

Tune in, Turn On
Studio album by Benny Golson
Released	1967
Recorded	April 12, 1967
Studio	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][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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".^[3]

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" (John Fox, Barry Ballister) - 2:32
6. "Music to Think By" (Richard Boyell) - 2:35
7. "The Swinger" (Mitch 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

• Benny Golson - arranger, tenor saxophone
• Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Richard Tee - piano
• Eric Gale - guitar
• Jimmy Tyrell - bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Warren Smith - percussion
• Other unnamed musicians

References

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