The Happy Horns of Clark Terry

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Released 1964 The Happy Horns of Clark Terry(1964) Live 1964(1964) Release date 1964 Label Impulse! Records		Length 39:09 Artist Clark Terry Producer Bob Thiele Genre Jazz

Recorded March 13, 1964Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Similar Clark Terry albums, Jazz albums

The Happy Horns of Clark Terry is an album by American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in March 1964 for the Impulse! label. Reissued in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it resurfaced with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, It's What's Happenin'.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This all-star CD has plenty of memorable moments... The lively music is quite enjoyable".

Track listing

"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:39
"In a Mist" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:08
"Return to Swahili" (Clark Terry) - 3:04
"Ellington Rides Again: a. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; b. Perdido; c. I'm Beginning to See the Light" (a. Ellington, b. Juan Tizol, c. Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George) - 2:56
"Impulsive" (Hodges) - 4:40
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:37
"Jazz Conversations" (Buck Clayton, Bob Hammer) - 4:29
"High Towers" (Henri Woode) - 3:48
"Hammerhead Waltz" (Hammer) - 2:48