| Variety Is the Spice | ||||
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| Studio album by The Louis Hayes Group | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | October 9–12, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Generation Sound Studios, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Gryphon G 787 | |||
| Producer | Norman Schwartz | |||
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Variety Is the Spice is an album by the Louis Hayes Group recorded in 1978 and released on the Gryphon label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic review called it "Excellent, advanced straight-ahead music". [3]
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