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Variety Is the Spice

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Variety Is the Spice
Studio album by
The Louis Hayes Group
Released1979
RecordedOctober 9–12, 1978
StudioGeneration Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelGryphon
G 787
ProducerNorman Schwartz
Louis Hayes chronology
The Real Thing
(1977)
Variety Is the Spice
(1979)
Light and Lively
(1989)

Variety Is the Spice is an album by the Louis Hayes Group recorded in 1978 and released on the Gryphon label. [1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review called it "Excellent, advanced straight-ahead music".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Kelly Colors" (Harold Mabern) – 6:40
  2. "Little Sunflower" (Freddie Hubbard, Leon Thomas) – 6:43
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11
  4. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 6:00
  5. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster – 7:06
  6. "Nisha" (Louis Hayes, Thomas) – 5:38
  7. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:19
  8. "Dance With Me" (Peter Brown, Robert Rans) – 4:54
  9. "A Hundred Million Miracles" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 4:40

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
  2. ^ Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Variety Is the Spice of Life – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.