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Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Forrest recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest
Studio album by Jimmy Forrest
Released	1961
Recorded	September 1, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:24
Label	Prestige PRLP 7235
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Jimmy Forrest chronology
Out of the Forrest (1961) Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest (1961) Most Much! (1961)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating it "gives one a good example of Jimmy Forrest's playing and fortunately his solos are not as relaxed and laidback as the album's title might imply".[2]

Track listing

1. "Tuxedo Junction" (Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson) - 6:30
2. "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 5:25
3. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Hudson, Mills) - 5:44
4. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 7:29
5. "Rocks in My Bed" (Duke Ellington) - 7:06
6. "The Moon Was Yellow" (Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie) - 4:20
7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) - 4:54 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophone
• Hugh Lawson - piano
• Calvin Newborn - guitar
• Tommy Potter - bass
• Clarence Johnston - drums

Production

• Esmond Edwards - supervisor
• Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

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