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The Maestro is a solo album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label in 1982.[1] The album consists mainly of jazz standards and show tunes. The same sessions also produced Parlan's album Musically Yours.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Listen to moving and definitive solo piano".[2]
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Track listing
- "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:38
- "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:29
- "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:01
- "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 5:13
- "The Maestro" (Cedar Walton) – 8:15
- "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 5:12
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:19
- "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:43
Personnel
References
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Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release. |
Albums as leader | |
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With Stanley Turrentine | |
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With others |
- Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)
- One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1974)
- Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin, 1962)
- Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
- Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981)
- The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson, 1959)
- Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
- Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
- The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge, 1991)
- That's It! (Booker Ervin, 1961)
- Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963)
- The House That Love Built (Frank Foster, 1982)
- Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon, 1961)
- Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon, 1975)
- Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton, 1961)
- Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)
- Weary Blues (Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather, 1958)
- Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk, 1964)
- I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964)
- Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965)
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus, 1957)
- Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959)
- Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959)
- I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney, 1982)
- Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983)
- Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987)
- Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman, 1976)
- Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)
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