Morning Sun

Morning Sun Artist: Alphonse Mouzon
Label: Tenacious Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 750817921028
EAN: 0750817921028
ASIN: B000001N0V


Release Date: 1996-04-23

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Tracks:

  1. I'm Glad That You're Here
  2. When Linda Smiles
  3. A Lullabye For Little Alphonse
  4. To Mom With Love
  5. Tell Me
  6. Morning Sun
  7. If Tomorrow Comes
  8. Just Because Of You
  9. Do I Have To?
  10. Space Invaders

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the most beautiful song.......2006-09-14

About 20 years ago when I was a teenage girl I heard this amazing song on the radio and I taped it. I have been searching for it ever since and trying to find who is the artist. Until recently I found it on amazon. That song was I'm glad that you're here.... Absolutly magnificent. And the rest of the cd is fantastic, great smooth jazz. I am so happy I discovered Alphonse Mouzon, he has some incredible music to offer.I have become a fan.

5 out of 5 stars Begining of Smooth Jazz.......2005-02-04

Alphonse Mouzon's "Morning Sun" may be one of the first Smooth Jazz recordings - recorded in 1981 with pretty much the same band as on Mouzon's "By All Means" album may be one of the defining Smooth Jazz albums, just at the time when Smooth Jazz was born.
Songs like "Lullaby for Little Alphonse", "Morning Sun" and "When Linda Smiles" are Smooth Jazz classics in their own right.
But "Morning Sun" is not only a pure Smooth Jazz recording. It also has Disco and Funk tracks on it like "I'm glad you're here", which was released as a well doing single, and the funky "If Tomorrow Comes" with the great Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard.
Alphonse's drumming is funky on all tracks and on "Just Because of you" Alphonse is going crazy with his leader at that time, Herbie Hancock ( on Fender Rhodes).
Check out the release on Tenaciousrecords with two great bonus tracks off the masterpiece "By All Means".
"Space Invaders" may be one of the greatest and freakiest drum solos of it's time.
Lay back and enjoy early Smooth Jazz with a whole lot of Disco and Funk and check out the featured artists on this recording alongside Alphonse on drums, keys and vocals you get:
Herbie Hancock, Lee Ritenour,Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard,Hubert Laws, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nathan East,Scott Edwards, Seawind Horns and The Waters Sisters!!!!

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  2. Destiny ~ Nelson Rangell
  3. I Still Believe ~ Gene Dunlap
  4. Oscar Peterson's Finest Hour ~ Oscar Peterson
  5. Up All Night ~ Procussions
  6. Organ Grinder Swing ~ Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell
  7. Bags' Groove (20 Bit Mastering) ~ Miles Davis
  8. Eclecticism ~ Carl Saunders
  9. The Best of Bill Evans ~ Bill Evans
  10. I've Been Doin Some Thinkin ~ Mose Allison

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