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Manhattan Memories
Type:	Album
Artist:	Al Haig Trio and Quartet
Cover:	Manhattan Memories.jpg
Released:	1983
Recorded:	February 18 and July 12, 1977
Studio:	RCA Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:23
Label:	Sea Breeze SB-1008
Producer:	Toshiya Taenaka
Chronology:	Al Haig
Prev Title:	A Portrait of Bud Powell
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Reminiscence
Next Year:	1978

Manhattan Memories, is an album by jazz pianist Al Haig featuring trio and quartet recorded in 1977 and released on the short-lived Sea Breeze label in 1983.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Haig's style was largely unchanged from his earlier prime although he had grown as a player".

Track listing

1. "Tea Dreams" (Joe Kennedy) – 6:24
2. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 7:12
3. "I'll Keep Loving" (Bud Powell) – 3:20
4. "Manhattan Memories" (Al Haig, Toshiya Taenaka) – 4:20
5. "My Little Brown Book" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:22
6. "Voices Within Me" (Cedar Walton) – 5:00
7. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) – 4:45

Personnel

• Al Haig – piano
• Jamil Nasser – bass
• Frank Gant (tracks 4-7), Jimmy Wormworth (tracks 1-3) – drums
• Eddie Diehl – guitar (tracks 4-7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/intrplay.htm Interplay Records discography
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/al-haig/catalog/#seabreeze-sb-1008 Al Haig catalog