Heavy Juice Explained

Heavy Juice
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Houston Person
Cover:	Heavy Juice.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	June 24, 1982
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	31:54
Label:	Muse MR 5260
Producer:	Houston Person
Chronology:	Houston Person
Prev Title:	Very PERSONal
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Always on My Mind
Next Year:	1985

Heavy Juice is an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1982 and released on the Muse label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Virtually all of Houston Person's Muse recordings are easily recommended".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Heavy Juice" (Tiny Bradshaw, Red Prysock, Ralph Bass) - 2:46
2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 5:11
3. "Theme from Loveboat" (Charles Fox, Paul Williams) - 3:57
4. "Never Let Me Go" (Joseph Scott) - 4:34
5. "Let the Feeling Flow" (Peabo Bryson) - 4:04
6. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 5:06
7. "The Texas Shuffle" (Herschel Evans, Edgar Battle) - 2:59
8. "Blue Hue" (Houston Person) - 3:17

Personnel

• • Houston Person - tenor saxophone Melvin Sparks - guitar (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
• Jon Logan - organ (tracks 1,4,6,7)
• David Braham - electric piano, arp string synthesizer (tracks 2,3,5,8)
• Wilbur Bascomb - bass (tracks 2,3,5)
• Billy James - drums (tracks 1,4,6,7)
• Bernard Purdie - drums (tracks 2,3,5)
• Ralph Dorsey - percussion (tracks 2,3,5)
• Horace Ott - arrangement (tracks 3,5)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography
2. Payne, D., Houston Person discography, June 27, 2009
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5250.htm Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5250 to 5299
4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/houston-person/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Houston Person
5. Yanow, S., Allmusic listing, accessed April 14, 2014