Happy Time (Roy Eldridge album)

This article is about the album by Roy Eldridge. For the album by Junior Mance, see Happy Time (Junior Mance album).

Happy Time
Studio album by Roy Eldridge
Released	1975
Recorded	June 4, 1974
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:30
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Roy Eldridge chronology
Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975) Happy Time (1975) The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Happy Time is a 1975 studio album by the American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 4:20
2. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 7:01
3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:42
4. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 3:33
5. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 4:45
6. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 4:10
7. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 6:55
8. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:43
9. "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (T-Bone Walker) – 5:18
10. "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Roy Eldridge – trumpet, vocals
• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Joe Pass – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Eddie Locke – drums

Production

• Phil DeLancie – digital mastering, remastering
• Phil Stern – photography
• Benny Green – liner notes
• Norman Granz – producer

References

1. Happy Time at AllMusic.
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p.  68. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 425. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.