Playin' for Keeps (Bunky Green album)

Playin' for Keeps is an album by saxophonist Bunky Green recorded in Chicago and released by the Cadet label in 1966.^[1][2][3]

Playin' for Keeps
Studio album by Bunky Green
Released	1966
Recorded	December 1965 and January 18, 1966
Studio	Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:05
Label	Cadet LP-766
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Bunky Green chronology
Testifyin' Time (1965) Playin' for Keeps (1966) Soul in the Night (1966)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Jason Ankeny stated "Playin' for Keeps draws on inspirations spanning from Tin Pan Alley to bossa nova to the British Invasion to forge a soul-jazz groove with its own distinct sensibility. Though rooted in bop, Bunky Green embraces both pop and avant-garde idioms as well, channeling his myriad influences to create a soulful and lithe sound with an impressive command of space and time".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Playin' for Keeps" (Edith Green) – 4:17
2. "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:39
3. "What Can I Do" (Bunky Green, Esmond Edwards) – 5:43
4. "Mi Compasion" (Edwards) – 4:09
5. "My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:51
6. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:25
7. "Brazilano" (Manuel Garcia) – 5:29
8. "Mama Looka Boo Boo" (Fitzroy Alexander) – 4:32

Personnel

• Bunky Green - alto saxophone
• Warren Kime, Paul Serrano – trumpet (tracks 6 & 8)
• John Avant – trombone (tracks 6 & 8)
• Kenny Soderblom – tenor saxophone (tracks 6 & 8)
• Willie Pickens (tracks 1-6 & 7), Charles Stepney (tracks 6 & 8) – piano
• Cleveland Eaton – bass
• Harold Jones (tracks 1-5 & 7), Marshall Thompson (tracks 6 & 8) – drums
• Eli Gutierrez – congas (tracks 6 & 8)