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Ahmad Jamal's 1960s trio, with Israel Crosby on bass and Vernell Fournier on drums, was, to some, one of the more influential small groups in jazz. To others, his work was just a mere cut above lounge playing. Recorded almost two years to the day after his most popular trio album At the Pershing, Happy Moods is a program of mostly standards, a flirtation with a classical piano piece and two Jamal originals. Playing with his patented sneaky left-hand voicings and his jingling right hand, interspersed with block chords all within a lean framework, the performances offered by this album are representative of Jamal's work of the period. He takes a piece of fluff like "Little Old Lady" and transforms it into a fugue replete with the counterpoint that personifies this classical form. An up-tempo "You'd Be So Easy to Love," highlighting Vernell Fournier's brushes, is tastefully garnished with runs and chords borrowed from fellow Pittsburgher Erroll Garner. Billy Strayhorn's "Raincheck" features heady arpeggios as well as quotes from "I'm Beginning to See the Light."
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HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stanley Adams, ComposerLyricist - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Morton GOULD, ComposerLyricist - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer - Gillies Shelly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, Composer - Mack Gordon, Author - Harold Adamson, Author - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kurt Weill, Composer - Ogden Nash, Author - Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ahmad Jamal, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Israel Crosby, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Vernell Fournier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Tracy, Producer
℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Ahmad Jamal's 1960s trio, with Israel Crosby on bass and Vernell Fournier on drums, was, to some, one of the more influential small groups in jazz. To others, his work was just a mere cut above lounge playing. Recorded almost two years to the day after his most popular trio album At the Pershing, Happy Moods is a program of mostly standards, a flirtation with a classical piano piece and two Jamal originals. Playing with his patented sneaky left-hand voicings and his jingling right hand, interspersed with block chords all within a lean framework, the performances offered by this album are representative of Jamal's work of the period. He takes a piece of fluff like "Little Old Lady" and transforms it into a fugue replete with the counterpoint that personifies this classical form. An up-tempo "You'd Be So Easy to Love," highlighting Vernell Fournier's brushes, is tastefully garnished with runs and chords borrowed from fellow Pittsburgher Erroll Garner. Billy Strayhorn's "Raincheck" features heady arpeggios as well as quotes from "I'm Beginning to See the Light."
© Dave Nathan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:12
- Main artists: Ahmad Jamal
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Argo
- Genre: Jazz
© 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1960 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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