Happy Ground

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Happy Ground
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Studio album by
Johnny Lytle
Released1961
RecordedMarch 23, 1961
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length40:18
Label Jazzland
JLP 44
Johnny Lytle chronology
Blue Vibes
(1960)		Happy Ground
(1961)		 Nice and Easy
(1961)

Happy Ground is the second album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1961 for the Jazzland label. [1] [2] The album was later reissued on the Riverside label in 1963. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated

  1. "Lela" – 4:13
  2. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) – 6:51
  3. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:24
  4. "Tag Along" (Clark, Ness) – 3:12
  5. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 5:36
  6. "Happy Ground" – 7:13
  7. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:12
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:50

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzland Records discography accessed November 2, 2012
  2. ↑ Payne, D. Johnny Lyttle discography accessed November 2, 2012
  3. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed November 2, 2012
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