Just Friends (Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person album)

Just Friends, subtitled The Tenors of Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person, is an album by saxophonists Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins and Houston Person that was released by Muse in 1992.

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Track listing

"Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 6:39
"Ellington Medley: Day Dream/In a Sentimental Mood/Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn/Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills/Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Mills) – 7:38
"Lucaya Blue" (Nat Simkins) – 5:03
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf) – 5:58
"Buddy's Blues" (Buddy Tate) – 7:50
"Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:48
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 6:55

Personnel

Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person – tenor saxophone
Stan Hope – piano
Major Holley – bass
Grady Tate – drums

References

"Muse Records Listing". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
"Muse discography 5400 to 5449". www.jazzlists.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
Payne, Douglas (27 June 2009). "A Houston Person Discography". Sound Insights. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
"Nat Simpkins catalog". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
Houston Person: Just Friends - Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Underground Soul! (1966) Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Soul Dance! (1968) Goodness! (1969) Person to Person! (1970) Truth! (1970) Houston Express (1971) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972) The Real Thing (1973) The Big Horn (1976) Stolen Sweets (1976) Wild Flower (1977) The Nearness of You (1977) Suspicions (1980) Very Personal (1980) Heavy Juice (1982) Always on My Mind (1985) The Talk of the Town (1987) Basics (1987) The Party (1989) Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989) Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990) Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990) Why Not! (1990) The Lion and His Pride (1991) Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994) Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994) Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996) Person-ified (1996) The Opening Round (1997) My Romance (1998) Soft Lights (1999) Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000) The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 ) In a Sentimental Mood (2000) Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000) Blue Velvet (2001) Sentimental Journey (2002) Social Call (2003) To Etta with Love (2004) You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004) All Soul (2005) Just Between Friends (2005) Thinking of You (2007) Mellow (2009 Moment to Moment (2010) Nice 'n' Easy (2011) So Nice (2011) Naturally (2012) The Melody Lingers On (2014) Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015) Something Personal (2015) Rain or Shine (2017) Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

Houston Person

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

As leader
or co-leader

Underground Soul! (1966)
Chocomotive (1967)
Trust in Me (1967)
Blue Odyssey (1968)
Soul Dance! (1968)
Goodness! (1969)
Person to Person! (1970)
Truth! (1970)
Houston Express (1971)
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972)
The Real Thing (1973)
The Big Horn (1976)
Stolen Sweets (1976)
Wild Flower (1977)
The Nearness of You (1977)
Suspicions (1980)
Very Personal (1980)
Heavy Juice (1982)
Always on My Mind (1985)
The Talk of the Town (1987)
Basics (1987)
The Party (1989)
Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989)
Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990)
Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990)
Why Not! (1990)
The Lion and His Pride (1991)
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994)
Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994)
Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996)
Person-ified (1996)
The Opening Round (1997)
My Romance (1998)
Soft Lights (1999)
Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000)
The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 )
In a Sentimental Mood (2000)
Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000)
Blue Velvet (2001)
Sentimental Journey (2002)
Social Call (2003)
To Etta with Love (2004)
You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004)
All Soul (2005)
Just Between Friends (2005)
Thinking of You (2007)
Mellow (2009
Moment to Moment (2010)
Nice 'n' Easy (2011)
So Nice (2011)
Naturally (2012)
The Melody Lingers On (2014)
Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015)
Something Personal (2015)
Rain or Shine (2017)
Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

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