Happy Moods
Studio album by
Ahmad Jamal
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)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ahmad Jamal discography Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 22, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 22, 20121
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