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On the surface, Headin' South is another set of bluesy soul-jazz, but it actually finds the Horace Parlan trio stretching out a little. Adding conga player Ray Barretto to his usual rhythm section of bassist George Tucker and drummer Al Harewood, Parlan decides to take chances with his standard-heavy repertoire. "Summertime" features some evocative bowing from Tucker, and the solo sections on "The Song Is Ended," "Prelude to a Kiss," and "My Mother's Eyes" offer probing, intriguing tonal textures that make the selection of Ahmad Jamal's "Jim Loves Sue" understandable. Barretto's "Congalegre" is a fun, Latin-inflected number, and Parlan's "Headin' South" is a strong, swinging blues, but the slow blues "Low Down" is nearly undone by his incessant circular arpeggio, which lasts for over a minute. Still, that's not nearly enough to sink the record, which is another understated but solid effort from Horace Parlan.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Limited, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Irving Berlin, Composer - Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Berlin Music Corporation / Universal Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
George Gershwin, Composer - Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DuBose - Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund (ASCAP) / Downtown Music LLC / Downtown Music UK Ltd, MusicPublisher - Chappell Co Inc / Warner Chappell North America Ltd, MusicPublisher - Ira Gershwin Music / WB Music Corporation / Warner Chappell North America Ltd, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ray Barretto, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc. / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Ltd, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Kennedy Ellington, Composer - EMI MILLS MUSIC INC / LAFLEUR MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ahmad Jamal, Composer - EMI Longitude Music / EMI Virgin Songs Inc / EMI Music Publishing Limited, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ray Barretto, AssociatedPerformer - Al Harewood, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer - Alfred Lion, Producer - George Tucker, AssociatedPerformer - Horace Parlan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ABEL BAER, Composer - L Wolfe Gilbert, Composer - Leo Feist Inc / EMI Feist Catalog Inc / EMI Catalogue Partnership / EMI United Partnership Ltd, MusicPublisher
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Album review
On the surface, Headin' South is another set of bluesy soul-jazz, but it actually finds the Horace Parlan trio stretching out a little. Adding conga player Ray Barretto to his usual rhythm section of bassist George Tucker and drummer Al Harewood, Parlan decides to take chances with his standard-heavy repertoire. "Summertime" features some evocative bowing from Tucker, and the solo sections on "The Song Is Ended," "Prelude to a Kiss," and "My Mother's Eyes" offer probing, intriguing tonal textures that make the selection of Ahmad Jamal's "Jim Loves Sue" understandable. Barretto's "Congalegre" is a fun, Latin-inflected number, and Parlan's "Headin' South" is a strong, swinging blues, but the slow blues "Low Down" is nearly undone by his incessant circular arpeggio, which lasts for over a minute. Still, that's not nearly enough to sink the record, which is another understated but solid effort from Horace Parlan.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:32
- Main artists: Horace Parlan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music Manager
- Genre: Jazz
1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1961 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
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