Musically Yours is a solo album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label.[1] The album consists mainly of jazz standards and show tunes with one original by Parlan. The same sessions also produced Parlan's album The Maestro.
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | November 26, 1979 | |||
| Studio | Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:38 | |||
| Label | SteepleChase | |||
| Producer | Nils Winther | |||
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Reception edit
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Parlan tends to sound at his best in a trio where he can draw inspiration from his sidemen, so this often-sparse set of unaccompanied piano solos, despite some good moments, is not his most essential outing".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing edit
- "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:14
- "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 6:16
- "Musically Yours" (Horace Parlan) - 5:37
- "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:03
- "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 5:25
- "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:47
- "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:27
- "Nardis" (Miles Davis) - 5:49
Personnel edit
- Horace Parlan - piano
References edit
- ^ SteepleChase Records catalog Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 23, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 23, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.