Happy Days

Happy Days Artist: Lucky Thompson
Label: Prestige
Category: Music



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


UPC: 025218514422
EAN: 0025218514422
ASIN: B000000ZEF


Release Date: 1994-10-21

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Listmania:

  1. Lucky Thompson: Favorites, in Order

Tracks:

  1. Long Ago And Far Away
  2. Lovely To Look At
  3. No More
  4. Look For The Silver Lining
  5. Who?
  6. Dearly Beloved
  7. Why Do I Love You?
  8. Why Was I Born?
  9. They Didn't Believe Me
  10. Happy Days Are Here Again
  11. Safari
  12. Cry Me A River
  13. You Don't Know What Love Is
  14. People
  15. As Time Goes By

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent later period Lucky.......2006-11-07

This CD brings together two excellent albums Lucky recorded in 1963 and 1965, one for Moodsville and the other for Prestige. Lucky's tone, especially on tenor sax, is delicate and supremely lyrical; he loves the lower register and caresses the listener with its warmth. The tempos on the Moodsville album are brisker than usual for that label, and the results are very impressive. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY and WHY DO I LOVE YOU practically dance off the disc. WHO is taken way up-tempo but never loses its lyricism. Lucky approaches the soprano sax with an equal amount of lyricism; LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING is particularly good. Hank Jones is on piano and is his usually fantastic self; his solo on WHY WAS I BORN is terrific.

On the Prestige sides, the tempos are just as varied, but the timings of each tune are longer. There are some real surprises here, one being the unusually fast tempo on CRY ME A RIVER. Another is the use of harp on a few tracks that creates an exotic atmosphere. AS TIME GOES BY is taken medium-up and shows off drummer Walter Perkins's brushwork nicely. PEOPLE also is taken quicker than usual and swings like nowhere before. Pianist Tommy Flanagan is in top form throughout these proceedings. Lucky Thompson was a major jazz player and these two albums are among his best from the 60s. Definitely grab this CD if you can.

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