Happy Moods

1960 studio album by Ahmad Jamal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.[1]

Released1960
RecordedJanuary 20–21, 1960
StudioTer-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
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Happy Moods
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedJanuary 20–21, 1960
StudioTer-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length36:36
LabelArgo
LPS-662
ProducerJack Tracy
Ahmad Jamal chronology
The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal
(1959)
Happy Moods
(1960)
At the Pershing, Vol. 2
(1961)
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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

  1. "Little Old Lady" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 5:10
  2. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:42
  3. "Pavanne" (Morton Gould) – 5:42
  4. "Excerpt from the Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:58
  5. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:16
  6. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 1:34
  7. "Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:45
  8. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:01
  9. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:53
  10. "Rhumba No. 2" (Jamal) – 2:35

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