In the third chorus of Green’s trombone solo, he trades a riff with saxophonist Jimmy Forrest in a call and response manner that mimics the shout backgrounds of the big band era. Whether it was an improvisational or a pre-arranged section to launch the piano solo, the use of shout rhythms provides the music and dance with a frenetic energy.

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Recorded in 1959, “Been Walkin’” is perhaps a reaction to the 1954 Miles Davis version of the Richard Carpenter tune “Walkin’,” which itself was most likely a version of the 1950 tune “Gravy” composed by Jimmy Mundey, credited to Carpenter, and recorded by Gene Ammons, as noted by jazz historian Gordon Jack who also points out that trombonist Bennie Green played on that original recording of “Gravy.”

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