Whisper Not

Benny Golson · 1957 · Composer's version (New York Scene, 1957); first versions by Lee Morgan and Dizzy Gillespie

Context

Benny Golson wrote Whisper Not in 1956; Lee Morgan and Dizzy Gillespie recorded it before him. Golson cut it in October 1957 in New York with Art Farmer, Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers for Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary). Leonard Feather added lyrics to it, sung by Anita O'Day in 1962.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Killer Joe (1960)
• I Remember Clifford (1960)

Sources

• EN: Whisper Not (song)
• EN: Benny Golson's New York Scene

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