Got a Good Thing Goin'

Got a Good Thing Goin'
Got a Good Thing Goin'
Studio album by Big John Patton
Released	1966
Recorded	April 29, 1966
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:43
Label	Blue Note; BST 84229
Producer	Alfred Lion
Big John Patton chronology

Got a Good Thing Goin' is an album by American organist Big John Patton recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

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

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Fans of hard bop may find the songs a little too simple, but hot, up-tempo soul-jazz rarely comes any better than it does on Got a Good Thing Goin'."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Patton and Grant Green except where noted

"The Yodel" – 8:19
"Soul Woman" – 7:44
"Ain't That Peculiar" (Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White) – 6:48
"The Shake" (Sam Cooke) – 7:48
"Amanda" (Duke Pearson) – 6:08

Personnel

Big John Patton – organ
Grant Green – guitar
Hugh Walker – drums
Richie "Pablo" Landrum – congas

References

^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 5, 2010
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Big John Patton: Got a Good Thing Goin' – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1134. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Blue_Note_discography-1] Blue Note Records discography accessed November 5, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Big John Patton: Got a Good Thing Goin' – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1134. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e "Big" John Patton
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Along Came John (1963) Blue John (1963) The Way I Feel (1964) Oh Baby! (1965) Let 'Em Roll (1965) Got a Good Thing Goin' (1966) Boogaloo (1968) That Certain Feeling (1968) Understanding (1968) Accent on the Blues (1969) Memphis to New York Spirit (1969–70) Soul Connection (1983) Blue Planet Man (1993) Minor Swing (1994) This One's for Ja (1996)
With Lou Donaldson	The Natural Soul (1962) A Man With a Horn (1963) Good Gracious! (1963) Signifyin' (1963) Possum Head (1964)
With others	Am I Blue (Grant Green, 1963) Blues for Lou (Grant Green, 1963) Iron City (Grant Green, 1967) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) The Burner (Red Holloway, 1963) Soul Fountain (Clifford Jordan, 1966) Everything Must Change (Johnny Lytle, 1977) Rockin' the Boat (Jimmy Smith, 1963) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) Shoutin' (Don Wilkerson, 1963) The Big Gundown (1984–85) Spillane (1986–87)