Happy Moods Explained

Happy Moods
Type:	Album
Artist:	Ahmad Jamal
Cover:	Happy Moods.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	January 20–21, 1960
Studio:	Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:36
Label:	Argo LPS-662
Producer:	Jack Tracy
Chronology:	Ahmad Jamal
Prev Title:	The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	At the Pershing, Vol. 2
Next Year:	1961

Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.^[1]

Critical reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Happy Moods does nothing to diminish the position of those who believe that the pianist deserves a considerably higher spot than he is usually accorded".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Little Old Lady" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 5:10
2. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:42
3. "Pavanne" (Morton Gould) – 5:42
4. "Excerpt from the Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:58
5. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:16
6. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 1:34
7. "Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:45
8. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:01
9. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:53
10. "Rhumba No. 2" (Jamal) – 2:35

Personnel

• Ahmad Jamal – piano
• Israel Crosby – bass
• Vernel Fournier – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.ahmadjamal.net/Discography_Ahmad_Jamal.html Ahmad Jamal discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-moods-argo-r141394 Allmusic Review