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George Barnes Quartet – Blues Going Up (E/E)
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Blues Going Up is an LP by George Barnes Quartet from 1977 released on the Concord Jazz label.
About this album
Blues Going Up finds the George Barnes Quartet in refined swing-jazz form, balancing fluent guitar work with easy rhythmic lift and clear melodic poise. Issued in 1977, the album draws on standards and familiar themes to showcase Barnes’s nimble, understated style rather than flashy display. Across the set, the quartet moves through pieces such as Fascinating Rhythm, Sweet Georgia Brown and On Green Dolphin Street with clarity and grace, while the title tune frames the record’s easygoing blues feel. It reflects Barnes’s long-standing place in mainstream jazz, where taste, timing and ensemble rapport matter as much as virtuosity.
Genre: Jazz
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A1 Fascinating Rhythm
A2 Why Was I Born
A3 When Sunny Gets Blue
A4 Sweet Georgia Brown
A5 Cheerful Little Earful
A6 The Flintstones Theme
B1 Pick Yourself Up
B2 On Green Dolphin Street
B3 Three Little Words
B4 I May Be Wrong But I Think You'Re Wonderful
B5 Sweet And Lovely
B6 Blues Going Up
B6 Blues Going Up (Reprise)