Musically Yours

Musically Yours
Studio album by Horace Parlan
Released	1980
Recorded	November 26, 1979
Studio	Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:38
Label	SteepleChase
Producer	Nils Winther
Horace Parlan chronology
Blue Parlan (1978) Musically Yours (1980) The Maestro (1979)

Musically Yours is a solo album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label. ^[1] The album consists mainly of jazz standards and show tunes with one original by Parlan. The same sessions also produced Parlan's album The Maestro .

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Parlan tends to sound at his best in a trio where he can draw inspiration from his sidemen, so this often-sparse set of unaccompanied piano solos, despite some good moments, is not his most essential outing". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:14
2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 6:16
3. "Musically Yours" (Horace Parlan) - 5:37
4. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:03
5. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 5:25
6. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:47
7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:27
8. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) - 5:49

Personnel

• Horace Parlan - piano

References

1. SteepleChase Records catalog Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 23, 2010
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 23, 2010
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.