Musically Yours

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.

Musically Yours
Studio album by
Horace Parlan
Released1979
RecordedNovember 26, 1979; Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen
GenreJazz
Length48:38
LabelSteepleChase
ProducerNils Winther
Horace Parlan chronology
Blue Parlan
(1978)		 Musically Yours
(1979)		 The Maestro
(1979)

Reception

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing
  1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 6:14
  2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 6:16
  3. "Musically Yours" (Horace Parlan) - 5:37
  4. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 7:03
  5. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 5:25
  6. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:47
  7. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 6:27
  8. "Nardis" (Miles Davis) - 5:49

Personnel

References
  1. SteepleChase Records catalog Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 23, 2010
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 23, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1130. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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