Movin' & Groovin'

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Movin' & Groovin'
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 29, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length43:05
Label Blue Note
BLP 4028
Producer Alfred Lion
Horace Parlan chronology
Movin' & Groovin'
(1960)
Us Three
(1960)

Movin' & Groovin' is the debut album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan recorded on February 29, 1960 and released on the Blue Note later that year. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "Movin' and Groovin' is a thoroughly impressive affair, establishing Parlan as a distinctive hard bop stylist... Everything swings, no matter the tempo, and the end result is a fine debut from a distinctive pianist." [2]

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Track listing

Side 1

  1. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) – 5:13
  2. "On Green Dolphin Street" – (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:30
  3. "Up in Cynthia's Room" (Horace Parlan) – 5:26
  4. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 5:03

Side 2

  1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 5:48
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:04
  3. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 6:43
  4. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:18

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed September 21, 2010
  2. 1 2 Erlewine, S. T.Allmusic Review accessed September 21, 2010