Happy Moods
1960 studio album by Ahmad Jamal
Happy Moods | ||||
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Studio album by Ahmad Jamal | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | January 20–21, 1960 | |||
Studio | Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:36 | |||
Label | Argo LPS-662 | |||
Producer | Jack Tracy | |||
Ahmad Jamal chronology | ||||
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Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.[1]
Critical reception
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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".[2]
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
References
- ^ Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 22, 2012
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 22, 20121
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- Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955)
- The Ahmad Jamal Trio (1955)
- Count 'Em 88 (1956)
- The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal (1959)
- Jamal at the Penthouse (1959)
- Happy Moods (1960)
- Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1960)
- Macanudo (1962)
- The Roar of the Greasepaint (1965)
- Extensions (1965)
- Rhapsody (1966)
- Heat Wave (1966)
- Cry Young (1967)
- The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful (1968)
- Tranquility (1968)
- The Awakening (1970)
- Ahmad Jamal '73 (1973)
- Jamalca (1974)
- Jamal Plays Jamal (1974)
- Genetic Walk (1975)
- Steppin' Out with a Dream (1976)
- One (1978)
- Intervals (1980)
- Night Song (1980)
- Digital Works (1985)
- Rossiter Road (1986)
- Crystal (1987)
- Pittsburgh (1989)
- I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn (1994)
- The Essence Part One (1995)
- Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (1995)
- Nature: The Essence Part Three (1997)
- Ballades (2019)
- Ahmad Jamal Trio Volume IV (1958)
- At the Pershing: But Not for Me (1958)
- At the Pershing, Vol. 2 (1958)
- Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (1958)
- Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra (1961)
- All of You (1961)
- Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (1962)
- Poinciana (1963)
- Naked City Theme (1964)
- Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited (1968)
- Freeflight (1971)
- Outertimeinnerspace (1972)
- Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's (1976)
- Live at Bubba's (1980)
- In Concert (1981)
- Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 (1985)
- Live in Paris 1992 (1992)
- Chicago Revisited: Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase (1992)
- Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 (2007)
- Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958 (2007)
- Standard Eyes (1967)