The Happy Horns of Clark Terry explained

The Happy Horns of Clark Terry
Type:	Album
Artist:	Clark Terry
Cover:	The Happy Horns of Clark Terry.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	March 13, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:09
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Clark Terry
Prev Title:	Oscar Peterson Trio + One
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Live 1964
Next Year:	1964

The Happy Horns of Clark Terry is an album by American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in March 1964 for the Impulse! label.^[1] Reissued in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it resurfaced with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, It's What's Happenin'.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This all-star CD has plenty of memorable moments... The lively music is quite enjoyable".^[3]

Track listing

"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:39
"In a Mist" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:08
"Return to Swahili" (Clark Terry) - 3:04
"Ellington Rides Again: a. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; b. Perdido; c. I'm Beginning to See the Light" (a. Ellington,^[4] b. Juan Tizol, c. Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George) - 2:56
"Impulsive" (Hodges) - 4:40
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:37
"Jazz Conversations" (Buck Clayton, Bob Hammer) - 4:29
"High Towers" (Henri Woode) - 3:48
"Hammerhead Waltz" (Hammer) - 2:48

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 13, 1964

Personnel

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-64 Impulse! Records discography
http://www.impulse50.com/?page_id=172 Impulse! 2-on-1
Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2011
The 1994 MCA/GRP re-issue of the album credits Ruseel-Ellington