Ted brown & Jimmy Raney: "In Good Company" (Label: Criss Cross – 1985)

In Good Company makes a nice companion piece to Warne Marsh’s Back Home, another mid-’80s Criss Cross date reissued in 2001. Ted Brown and guitar legend Jimmy Raney are essentially co-leaders here, teaming with a stellar rhythm section in pianist Hod O’Brien, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Ben Riley. The CD adds five alternate takes to the original seven selections. There’s some good Tristano-oriented bop writing here, particularly Brown’s opening “Blimey,” based on “Limehouse Blues.” 

David R. Adler, All Music Guide

Tracklist:

1 Blimey 

2 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You

3 Lost and Found 

4 Sir Felix 

5 Instant Blue 

6 We’ll Be Together Again 

7 People Will Say We’re in Love 

Personnel: 

Ted Brown (tenor saxophone); 

Jimmy Raney (guitar); 

Hod O’Brien (piano); 

Ben Riley (drums).

Recorded December 23, 1985 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA by Rudy Van Gelder (Label: Criss Cross)

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