Early Spring (album)

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Early Spring
Alphonse Mouzon - Early Spring.jpg
Studio album by
Released1988
Studio
Genre Jazz
Length47:58
Label Optimism Records
Producer Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon chronology
Love, Fantasy
(1987)
Early Spring
(1988)
As You Wish
(1989)

Early Spring is a studio album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon, produced by Mouzon himself and released in 1988 via Optimism Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Guest performers

Guest artists on the album include Ronnie Laws and Ernie Watts. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic, in a 3/5-star review, remarked "Drummer Alphonse Mouzon covers a lot of ground on this set, ranging from poppish R&B to straight jazz." [3]

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Early Spring" Alphonse Mouzon 5:14
2."Alone in Paris"Alphonse Mouzon5:38
3."Come Fly with Me"Alphonse Mouzon4:03
4."We Almost Made It"Alphonse Mouzon6:03
5."The Lady in Red"Alphonse Mouzon4:32
6."Seven Steps to Heaven" Miles Davis, Victor Feldman 4:17
7."I Can Give You Love"Alphonse Mouzon6:31
8."Waterfall"Alphonse Mouzon4:02
9."By All Means"Alphonse Mouzon7:38

References

  1. 1 2 Alphonse Mouzon (1988). Identity (album). Optimism Records.
  2. "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard . May 28, 1988. p. 77. Retrieved May 9, 2025 via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Ronnie Laws: Early Spring". Allmusic . Retrieved May 9, 2025.