# Goodness!

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1969 studio album by Houston Person

Goodness! Studio album by Houston Person Released 1969 Recorded August 25, 1969 Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Genre Jazz Length 37:41 Label Prestige PR 7678 Producer Bob Porter Houston Person chronology Soul Dance! (1968) Goodness! (1969) Truth! (1970)

***Goodness!*** is the sixth album led by saxophonist [Houston Person](/source/Houston_Person), which was recorded in 1969 and released on the [Prestige](/source/Prestige_Records) label.[1][2][3]

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "The music is generally quite commercial and is certainly not recommended to bebop purists, although it has some strong moments. But overall these performances succeed more as background music than as creative jazz".[4]

## Track listing

All compositions by Houston Person except as noted

1. "Hey Driver!" ([Gloria Coleman](/source/Gloria_Coleman)) - 5:28

1. "Goodness" - 9:28

1. "Brother H." - 4:36

1. "Hard Times" (Paul Mitchell) - 6:16

1. "Jamilah" (Sonny Phillips) - 5:33

1. "[Close Your Eyes](/source/Close_Your_Eyes_(Chuck_Willis_song))" ([Chuck Willis](/source/Chuck_Willis)) - 6:30

## Personnel

- [Houston Person](/source/Houston_Person) - [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone)

- [Sonny Phillips](/source/Sonny_Phillips) - [organ](/source/Electronic_organ)

- [Billy Butler](/source/Billy_Butler_(guitarist)) - [guitar](/source/Guitar)

- [Bob Bushnell](/source/Bob_Bushnell_(musician)) - [electric bass](/source/Electric_bass)

- Frankie Jones - [drums](/source/Drum_kit)

- [Buddy Caldwell](/source/Buddy_Caldwell) - [congas](/source/Congas)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Prestige Records discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7600-series/#pr-7678) accessed April 11, 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Payne, D, [A Houston Person discography](http://dougpayne.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/houston-person-discography.html), June 7, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Enciclopedia del Jazz: Person, Houston](https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/houston-person/), accessed February 16, 2018

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_4-1) Yanow, S. [Allmusic listing](http://www.allmusic.com/album/goodness%21-mw0000263747) accessed April 11, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_5-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 1148. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

v t e Houston Person Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. As leader or co-leader Underground Soul! (1966) Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Soul Dance! (1968) Goodness! (1969) Person to Person! (1970) Truth! (1970) Houston Express (1971) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972) The Real Thing (1973) The Big Horn (1976) Stolen Sweets (1976) Wild Flower (1977) The Nearness of You (1977) Suspicions (1980) Very Personal (1980) Heavy Juice (1982) Always on My Mind (1985) The Talk of the Town (1987) Basics (1987) The Party (1989) Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989) Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990) Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990) Why Not! (1990) The Lion and His Pride (1991) Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994) Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994) Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996) Person-ified (1996) The Opening Round (1997) My Romance (1998) Soft Lights (1999) Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000) The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 [2011]) In a Sentimental Mood (2000) Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000) Blue Velvet (2001) Sentimental Journey (2002) Social Call (2003) To Etta with Love (2004) You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004) All Soul (2005) Just Between Friends (2005) Thinking of You (2007) Mellow (2009 Moment to Moment (2010) Nice 'n' Easy (2011) So Nice (2011) Naturally (2012) The Melody Lingers On (2014) Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015) Something Personal (2015) Rain or Shine (2017) Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

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