Blue Parlan

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Blue Parlan
Blue Parlan.jpg
Studio album by
Horace Parlan
Released1979
RecordedNovember 13, 1978
Genre Jazz
Length46:46
Label SteepleChase
Horace Parlan chronology
Hi-Fly
(1978)		Blue Parlan
(1979)		 Musically Yours
(1979)

Blue Parlan is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. [1]

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Reception

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Ron Wynn for AllMusic states "Parlan gets down in this striking trio outing". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) – 8:05
  2. "Sunspots" (Austin Wells) – 6:13
  3. "Firm Roots" (Cedar Walton) – 4:32
  4. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:53
  5. "Neicy" (Frank Strozier) – 5:49
  6. "Night Mist Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 4:43
  7. "Cynthia's Dance" (Horace Parlan) – 6:06
  8. "There's No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 4:34

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ SteepleChase Records catalog Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 23, 2010
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed September 23, 2010
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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