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1963 studio album by Paul Gonsalves
Tell It the Way It Is!
Studio album by Paul Gonsalves
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1963
RecordedSeptember 4, 1963
GenreJazz
Length36:04
LabelImpulse
ProducerBob Thiele
Paul Gonsalves chronology
'Tenor Stuff'
(1960) 		Tell It the Way It Is!
(1961) 		'Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy'
(1961)
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
Record Mirror

Tell It the Way It Is! is an album recorded in 1963 by saxophonist Paul Gonsalves. He is joined by Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance, both members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, pianist Walter Bishop Jr., and trumpeter Rolf Ericson.

Track listing

  1. "Tell It the Way It Is!" (Addison Amor/Walter Bishop Jr.) – 11:37
  2. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington/Ted Persons) – 4:43
  3. "Duke's Place" (Duke Ellington/Bob Katz/Bob Thiele) – 5:28
  4. "Impulsive" (Johnny Hodges) – 5:01
  5. "Rapscallion in Rab's Canyon" (Johnny Hodges) – 3:46
  6. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour) – 5:35

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Tell It the Way It Is!". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 570. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Jones, Peter (18 September 1964). "Paul Gonsalves: Tell it The Way It Is" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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