Manhattan Memories

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Manhattan Memories
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Studio album by
Al Haig Trio and Quartet
Released1983
RecordedFebruary 18 and July 12, 1977
StudioRCA Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length37:23
Label Sea Breeze
SB-1008
Producer Toshiya Taenaka
Al Haig chronology
A Portrait of Bud Powell
(1977)
Manhattan Memories
(1983)
Reminiscence
(1978)

Manhattan Memories, is an album by jazz pianist Al Haig featuring trio and quartet recorded in 1977 and released on the short-lived Sea Breeze label in 1983. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Haig's style was largely unchanged from his earlier prime although he had grown as a player". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Tea Dreams" (Joe Kennedy) – 6:24
  2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 7:12
  3. "I'll Keep Loving" (Bud Powell) – 3:20
  4. "Manhattan Memories" (Al Haig, Toshiya Taenaka) – 4:20
  5. "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:22
  6. "Voices Within Me" (Cedar Walton) – 5:00
  7. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) – 4:45

Personnel

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References

  1. Interplay Records discography accessed March 19, 2018
  2. Al Haig catalog accessed March 19, 2018
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Manhattan Memories – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 19, 2018.