Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal's 1960s trio, with Israel Crosby on bass and Vernell Fournier on drums, was, to some, one of the more influential small groups in jazz. To others, his work was just a mere cut above lounge playing. Recorded almost two years to the day after his most popular trio album At the Pershing, Happy Moods is a program of mostly standards, a flirtation with a classical piano piece and two Jamal originals.

PERSONNEL:

• Ahmad Jamal - (piano)
• Israel Crosby - (bass)
• Vernel Fournier - (drums)

Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, January 20 & 21, 1960.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. Little Old Lady
• A2. For All We Know
• A3. Pavanne
• A4. Excerpts From the Blues
• A5. Easy to Love

• SIDE B
• B1. Time on My Hands
• B2. Raincheck
• B3. I'll Never Stop Loving You
• B4. Speak Low
• B5. Rhumba No. 2