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Dig It!
Studio album by The Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane
Released	Mid August 1962
Recorded	March 22, 1957; December 13, 1957; February 2, 1958
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:40
Label	Prestige PRLP 7229
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
High Pressure (1961) Dig It! (1962) It's a Blue World (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat
AllMusic	link
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Dig It! is a jazz album by The Red Garland Quintet, recorded in 1957 and 1958 but not released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7229 until 1962.

Reception

Harvey Pekar wrote in the December 6, 1962 issue of DownBeat magazine: "This Lp is another in the series of excellent informal sessions Garland and Coltrane made for Prestige in the late '50s."

Track listing

1. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 9:24
2. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) – 3:26
3. "CTA" (Jimmy Heath) – 4:42 also already issued on Taylor's Wailers
4. "Lazy Mae" (Garland) – 16:06

Personnel

• Red Garland – piano
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4)
• Donald Byrd – trumpet (1, 4)
• Jamil Nasser – bass (1, 3, 4)
• Paul Chambers – bass (2)
• Art Taylor – drums

References

1. Billboard Aug 18, 1962
2. DownBeat December 6, 1962 vol. 29, no. 30
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. At JazzDisco

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