My Babe (album)

My Babe
Studio album by Bunky Green
Released	1965
Recorded	October 28, 1960
Studio	Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:48
Label	Vee-Jay VJLP-2509
Bunky Green chronology
My Babe (1965) Testifyin' Time (1965)

My Babe is an album by saxophonist Bunky Green recorded in Chicago in 1960 but not released on the Vee-Jay label until 1965.^[1][2] It was also released on the label subsidiary Exodus Records in 1966.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Allmusic reviewer Jim Todd called it a "superior hard bop date" stating "Green's sound is distinguished by a finely controlled, soft articulation. It's not the squealing, serpentine legato of Eric Dolphy, but there are similarities. Green's approach allows him to play continuous streams of ideas rippled with the modulations of his subtle tonguing".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Bunky Green, except where indicated.

1. "My Babe" (Traditional) – 6:32
2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:53
3. "Counter Punch" – 4:12
4. "Step High" – 5:29
5. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 9:04
6. "Cecile" (Donald Byrd) – 04:38

Personnel

• Bunky Green - alto saxophone
• Donald Byrd – trumpet
• Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Larry Ridley – bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums

References

1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978) accessed August 6, 2019
2. Lyles, R. Bunky Green discography accessed August 6, 2019
3. Both Sides Now: Exodus Album Discography accessed August 6, 2019
4. Ankeny, Jason. Bunky Green: My Baby – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 597. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.