Give It Up (Jimmy Lyons album)

Give It Up
Give It Up
Studio album by Jimmy Lyons Quintet
Released	1985
Recorded	March 6 & 7, 1985
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:10
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Jimmy Lyons chronology

Give It Up is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Lyons recorded in 1985 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating "the ensemble work is frequently exciting; and the front line boasts three distinctive and rather different (but complementary) solo voices. Highly recommended".^[2] The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote: "If Charlie Parker had a true heir... it was Jimmy Lyons. Compared to his light-fingered onrush, most of the bop epigones sound deeply conservative. He didn't have the greatest tone in the world: 'reedy' is the only word, ironically. Lyons's delivery was always light, the lines dizzyingly extended, and in all his work he was without obvious ego. Years of playing beside Cecil Taylor, in addition to accelerating his hand-speed, probably encouraged a certain self-effacement as well... On Give It Up, Lyons seems quite content to remain within the confines of the group. Significantly pianoless and with only a secondary role for the bassist and drummer, it resolves into a series of high, intermeshed lines from the saxophone and horn, with the bassoon tracing a sombre counterpoint."^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Jimmy Lyons

"Give It Up" - 10:10
"Methods" - 11:13
"Never" - 19:16
"Ballada" - 3:31

Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on March 6 & 7, 1985

Personnel[]

Jimmy Lyons - alto saxophone
Enrico Rava - trumpet, flugelhorn
Karen Borca - bassoon
Jay Oliver - bass
Paul Murphy - drums

References[]

^ Black Saint Records discography accessed July 15, 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 15, 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 917. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Black_Saint_Records_discography-1] Black Saint Records discography accessed July 15, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 15, 2011

[Penguin9-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 917. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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