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Headin' South (album)

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Released
  
1961

Artist
  
Horace Parlan

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:38

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
December 6, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Headin' South (1960)
  
On the Spur of the Moment (1961)

Similar
  
Horace Parlan albums, Jazz albums

Headin' South is the fourth album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "On the surface, Headin' South is another set of bluesy soul-jazz, but it actually finds the Horace Parlan trio stretching out a little... another understated but solid effort".

Track listing

All compositions by Horace Parlan except as indicated
  1. "Headin' South" - 4:29
  2. "The Song Is Ended" (Irving Berlin) - 5:55
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:59
  4. "Low Down" - 5:30
  5. "Congalegre" (Ray Barretto) - 4:24
  6. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 5:28
  7. "Jim Loves Sue" (Ahmad Jamal) - 4:32
  8. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) - 5:21

Personnel

  • Horace Parlan - piano
  • George Tucker - bass
  • Al Harewood - drums
  • Ray Barretto - congas (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8)
  • Songs

    1Headin' South4:28
    2The Song Is Ended5:54
    3Summertime6:00

    References

    Headin' South (album) Wikipedia