Tell It the Way It Is!

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Tell It the Way It Is!

Studio album by

Paul Gonsalves

Released

24 September 1963

Recorded

4 September 1963

Genre

Jazz

Length

36.1

Label

Impulse

Producer

Bob Thiele

Paul Gonsalves chronology

'Tenor Stuff'
(1960)

Tell It the Way It Is!
(1961)

'Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy'
(1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Tell It the Way It Is! is an album recorded in 1963 (see 1963 in music) by Paul Gonsalves.

Former Duke Ellington band members Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance teamed up with Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson and pianist Walter Bishop Jr. on two sessions to create Tell It the Way It Is!.

Track listing

"Tell It the Way It Is!" (Addison Amor/Walter Bishop Jr.) – 11:37
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington/Ted Persons) – 4:43
"Duke's Place" (Duke Ellington/Bob Katz/Bob Thiele) – 5:28
"Impulsive" (Johnny Hodges) – 5:01
"Rapscallion in Rab's Canyon" (Johnny Hodges) – 3:46
"Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert Sour) – 5:35

Performers

References

^ Tell It the Way It Is! at AllMusic

v t e Paul Gonsalves
Studio albums	Cookin' (1957) Diminuendo, Crescendo and Blues (1958) Ellingtonia Moods and Blues (1960) Gettin' Together! (1961) Tenor Stuff (1961) Tell It the Way It Is! (1963) Cleopatra – Feelin' Jazzy (1963) Salt and Pepper (1963) Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet in Europe (1963) Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick (1964) Encuentro (1968) Humming Bird (1970)

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