Released 1960 Length 36:36 Release date 1960 | Recorded January 20–21, 1960 | |
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Studio Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago Happy Moods(1960) At the Pershing, Vol. 2(1961) Label Marathon Media International Ltd. Similar Ahmad Jamal albums, Jazz albums | ||
Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.
Contents
Critical reception
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".
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
Songs
1Little Old Lady5:31
2For All We Know2:55
3Pavanne6:04
References
Happy Moods Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA