The Happy Horns of Clark Terry

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The Happy Horns of Clark Terry
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Studio album by
Clark Terry
Released1964
RecordedMarch 13, 1964
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length39:09
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
Clark Terry chronology
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(1964)		The Happy Horns of Clark Terry
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(1964)

The Happy Horns of Clark Terry is an album by American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in March 1964 for the Impulse! label. [1] Reissued in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it resurfaced with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, It's What's Happenin' . [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This all-star CD has plenty of memorable moments... The lively music is quite enjoyable". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:39
  2. "In a Mist" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:08
  3. "Return to Swahili" (Clark Terry) - 3:04
  4. "Ellington Rides Again: a. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; b. Perdido; c. I'm Beginning to See the Light" (a. Ellington, [4] b. Juan Tizol, c. Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George) - 2:56
  5. "Impulsive" (Hodges) - 4:40
  6. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:37
  7. "Jazz Conversations" (Buck Clayton, Bob Hammer) - 4:29
  8. "High Towers" (Henri Woode) - 3:48
  9. "Hammerhead Waltz" (Hammer) - 2:48
  • Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 13, 1964

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 21, 2011
  2. ↑ Impulse! 2-on-1 Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 30, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2011
  4. ↑ The 1994 MCA/GRP re-issue of the album credits Ruseel-Ellington
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