Happy Moods
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Happy Moods | ||||
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Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | January 20–21, 1960 | |||
Studio | Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:36 | |||
Label | Argo LPS-662 | |||
Producer | Jack Tracy | |||
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Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.[1]
Critical reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Happy Moods does nothing to diminish the position of those who believe that the pianist deserves a considerably higher spot than he is usually accorded".[2]
Track listing
- "Little Old Lady" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 5:10
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:42
- "Pavanne" (Morton Gould) – 5:42
- "Excerpt from the Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:58
- "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:16
- "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 1:34
- "Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:45
- "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:01
- "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:53
- "Rhumba No. 2" (Jamal) – 2:35
Personnel
References
- ^ Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 22, 2012
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 22, 20121