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{{Infobox album
| name       = Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Randy Weston]]
| cover      = Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = Early February 1956<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4B4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Get+Happy+Randy+Weston+Trio+203&pg=PA24 ''Billboard'' Feb 16, 1956]</ref>
| recorded   = August 29 & 31, 1955
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Van Gelder Studio]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Riverside Records|Riverside]]<br /><small>RLP 12-203</small>
| producer   = [[Orrin Keepnews]], Bill Grauer
| chronology = [[Randy Weston]]
| prev_title = [[The Randy Weston Trio]]
| prev_year  = 1955
| next_title = [[With These Hands...]]
| next_year  = 1956
}}
'''''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio''''' is a jazz album by American jazz pianist [[Randy Weston]] recorded in 1955 and released on the [[Riverside Records|Riverside]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-203 Riverside Records discography], accessed August 9, 2012.</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/206 206]
}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score  = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1491}}</ref>
}}
The [[Allmusic]] review by Jim Todd stated: "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".<ref name="Allmusic">Todd, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-happy-mw0000177201 Allmusic Review], accessed August 9, 2012.</ref>
== Track listing ==
''All compositions by Randy Weston, except as indicated''
# "[[Get Happy (song)|Get Happy]]" ([[Harold Arlen]], [[Ted Koehler]]) - 3:42
# "Fire Down There" (Traditional) - recorded by [[Saxophone Colossus|Sonny Rollins]] and others as "[[St. Thomas (song)|St. Thomas]]" - 2:51
# "[[Where Are You? (1937 song)|Where Are You]]?" ([[Harold Adamson]], [[Jimmy McHugh]]) - 4:09
# "Under Blunder" - 3:06
# "[[Dark Eyes (Russian song)|Dark Eyes]]" (Florian Hermann) - 3:34
# "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" ([[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]], [[DuBose Heyward]]) - 3:56
# "Bass Knows" - 5:15
# "[[C Jam Blues]]" ([[Barney Bigard]], [[Duke Ellington]]) - 2:49
# "A Ballad" (Sam Gill) - 4:20
# "[[Twelfth Street Rag]]" ([[Euday L. Bowman]]) - 2:59
== Personnel ==
*[[Randy Weston]] - [[piano]]
*Sam Gill - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[G.T. Hogan|Wilbert Hogan]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Randy Weston albums]]
[[Category:1956 albums]]
[[Category:Riverside Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]]
[[Category:Albums recorded in a home studio]]