Happy Frame of Mind
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Happy Frame of Mind is the seventh album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1963 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1986.[1] The session was originally released under Booker Ervin's name in 1976 as part of the 2-LP set Back from the Gig and later released as originally intended. The album was first released on a digital support in 1995, on a now out-of-print CD featuring a 20-bit remastering. The reference version was released by Music Matters Jazz on double LP at 45 rpm.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Happy Frame of Mind finds Horace Parlan breaking away from the soul-inflected hard bop that had become his trademark, moving his music into more adventurous, post-bop territory... it's one of Parlan's most successful efforts, finding the perfect middle ground between accessible, entertaining jazz and more adventurous music".[2]
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Track listing
- "Home Is Africa" (Ronnie Boykins) - 6:14
- "A Tune for Richard" (Booker Ervin) - 5:44
- "Back from the Gig" (Parlan) - 5:58
- "Dexi" (Johnny Coles) - 5:57
- "Kucheza Blues" (Randy Weston) - 6:10
- "Happy Frame of Mind" (Parlan) - 8:49
Personnel
- Horace Parlan - piano
- Johnny Coles - trumpet
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
- Grant Green - guitar (#1-4, 6)
- Butch Warren - bass
- Billy Higgins - drums
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed September 22, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, S. T.Allmusic Review accessed September 22, 2010