The Maestro (Horace Parlan album)

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The Maestro
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Studio album by
Horace Parlan
Released1982
RecordedNovember 26, 1979
Genre Jazz
Length49:50
Label SteepleChase
Horace Parlan chronology
Musically Yours
(1979)		The Maestro
(1982)		 Trouble in Mind
(1980)

The Maestro is a solo album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label in 1982. [1] The album consists mainly of jazz standards and show tunes. The same sessions also produced Parlan's album Musically Yours .

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Listen to moving and definitive solo piano". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:38
  2. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:29
  3. "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:01
  4. "Peace" (Horace Silver) – 5:13
  5. "The Maestro" (Cedar Walton) – 8:15
  6. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) – 5:12
  7. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:19
  8. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:43

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ SteepleChase Records catalog. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review. Retrieved 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.
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