Happy Talk (also issued as Sweet Soul) is an album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.[2]

Happy Talk
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedDecember 5, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:30
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7262
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Shirley Scott chronology
Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver
(1961)
Happy Talk
(1963)
The Soul Is Willing
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reception edit

The Allmusic review stated "It includes a nice "Jitterbug Waltz." All are standards".[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Happy Talk" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 8:40
  2. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 5:40
  3. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 4:50
  4. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:15
  5. "Where or When" (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:50
  6. "Sweet Slumber" (Lucky Millinder, Allen J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) - 5:15

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed June 29, 2012
  2. ^ Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed June 29, 2012