HORACE PARLAN "HAPPY FRAME OF MIND" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, RVG, NEW
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HORACE PARLAN "HAPPY FRAME OF MIND"
2013 MUSIC MATTTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER MMBST-84134, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"HORACE PARLAN ALWAYS HAD AN ORIGINAL STYLE ON PIANO. SINCE POLIO PARTLY PARALYZED HIS RIGHT HAND, HE DEVELOPED A CHORDAL LEFT HAND STYLE THAT WAS FULL OF SOUL, SWING AND HIS MELODIC APPROACH. HE WAS A MAJOR PART OF THE GROUPS OF CHARLES MINGUS, LOU DONALDSON AND EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS-JOHNNY GRIFFIN BEFORE LEADING HIS OWN TRIOS."
"HE RECORDED SEVEN BLUE NOTE ALBUMS AS A LEADER BUT WAS NOT HEARD AS A LEADER ON RECORDS AGAIN AFTER 1963'S "HAPPY FRAME OF MIND" FOR A FULL DECADE. THIS GEM OF AN ALBUM, WHICH WENT UNISSUED UNTIL 1976, IS ONE OF PARLAN'S GREATEST RECORDINGS, A PARTICULARLY INVENTIVE DATE THAT TEAMS HIM IN A SEXTET WITH BOOKER ERVIN, JOHNNY COLES AND GRANT GREEN. WHILE THE MUSIC IS SOULFUL AND SWINGING, IT IS ALSO QUITE ADVENTUROUS WITH MANY SURPRISING MOMENTS."
"PARLAN STRETCHES HIMSELF AND HIS SIDEMEN, PLAYING HEATED SOLOS ON THE COLORFUL MATERIAL THAT RANK WITH SOME OF THE FINEST PLAYING OF HIS CAREER. HORACE PARLAN COLLECTORS SHOULD CONSIDER "HAPPY FRAME OF MIND" TO BE ESSENTIAL."
1) HOME IS AFRICA 2) A TUNE FOR RICHARD 3) BACK FROM THE GIG 4) DEXI 5) KUCHEZA BLUES 6) HAPPY FRAME OF MIND
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