I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father)

I'm Hip
(Please Don't Tell My Father)
Studio album by John Pizzarelli
Released May 1983 (1983-05)
Recorded May 1983 (1983-05)
Genre Jazz
Length 56:53
Language English
Label P-Vine Records
Producer Bernard Brightman
John Pizzarelli chronology
I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father)
(1983)		 Hit That Jive Jack!
(1985)

I'm Hip (Please Don't Tell My Father) is a jazz album released by American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader John Pizzarelli, billed as John Pizzarelli Jr. at the time of release. Recorded and released in May 1983, it was Pizzarelli's debut studio album as a solo musician.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Route 66"  Troup 3:17
2. "I'm Hip"  Frishberg, Dorough 2:57
3. "A Man With One Million Dollars"  Cavanaugh, Cunningham, Wood 2:58
4. "Straighten Up and Fly Right"  Mills, Cole 2:17
5. "Popsicle Toes"  Franks 3:31
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Like Jersey Best"  Bernardi, Cosgriff 4:16
2. "Have Another One, Not Me"  Mooney 3:38
3. "For Sentimental Reasons"  Watson, Best 2:51
4. "The River Is Blue"  Pizzarelli 3:17
5. "Here's Looking at You Kid"  Pizzarelli 2:33

Personnel

Musicians

Support

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Writing two decades after the album's release, Scott Yanow of Allmusic commented that Pizzarelli "never had a strong voice, but his charm and likable personality usually overcame his vocal shortcomings"'. He concluded the album was "[a]n interesting early effort."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "I'm Hip - Please Don't Tell My Father: Credits". MSN Music. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "I'm Hip - Please Don't Tell My Father – John Pizzarelli at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-25.

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