Mumbles (album)

Reception

Allmusic's Ken Dryden awarded the album 2½ stars and states "Clark Terry launched his "Mumbles" routine (where he delivered semi-coherent vocals interspersed with scat) with two numbers on a studio date for Verve led by Oscar Peterson; this Mainstream LP finds him expanding the concept to album length, with mixed success. Unfortunately, the effort becomes a little too commercial, not only de-emphasizing the jazz element to focus on the vocals, but adding lackluster songs". The retitled rerelease was awarded 4 stars by Richard S. Ginell who commented "As per the weird title, the music within this LP is among the happiest and most lighthearted (perhaps even occasionally light-headed) of Clark Terry's long, happy career".

Track listing

1. "The Mumbler Strikes Again" (Clark Terry) - 3:07
2. "Big Spender" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) - 2:29
3. "Rum and Mumbles" (Terry, Joe Cain) - 2:50
4. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:19
5. "Mumbles" (Terry) - 2:42
6. "Grand Dad's Blues" (Terry) - 3:52
7. "The Cat from Cadiz" (Cain) - 4:35
8. "Never" (Terry) - 3:37
9. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 2:34
10. "Night Song" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 2:40
11. "El Blues Latino" (Cain) - 3:07

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