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The Maestro (Horace Parlan album)

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
49:50

Artist
  
Horace Parlan

Label
  
SteepleChase Records

Recorded
  
November 26, 1979

The Maestro (1979)
  
Trouble in Mind (1980)

Release date
  
26 November 1979

Genre
  
Jazz

Similar
  
Musically Yours, Blue Parlan, Frank‑ly Speaking, Goin' Home, Arrival

The Maestro is a solo album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label in 1982. The album consists mainly of jazz standards and show tunes. The same sessions also produced Parlan's album Musically Yours.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Listen to moving and definitive solo piano".

Track listing

  1. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:38
  2. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:29
  3. "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:01
  4. "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 5:13
  5. "The Maestro" (Cedar Walton) – 8:15
  6. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 5:12
  7. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:19
  8. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:43

Personnel

  • Horace Parlan – piano

    • Songs

    1Ruby My Dear5:40
    2Spring Is Here6:31
    3A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing6:03

    References

    The Maestro (Horace Parlan album) Wikipedia
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