Happy Moods

Happy Moods
Studio album by Ahmad Jamal
Released	1960
Recorded	January 20 & 21, 1960 Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:36
Label	Argo LPS-662
Producer	Jack Tracy
Ahmad Jamal chronology
Jamal at the Penthouse (1959) Happy Moods (1960) Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet (1960)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review 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".^[1]

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

References