Color Changes

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Total Tracks: 7   Total Length: 42:15

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03.06.07
How can you swing this hard (and lyrically) and not sound happy?
2006 | Label: Candid Productions / IODA

Candid wasn't strictly a sanctuary for rebels and avant-gardists. Clark Terry, who plays trumpet and flugelhorn, has actually been criticized for sounding too happy (especially when blowing the latter instrument). He took advantage of the label's artistic-freedom policy to make what's almost unanimously considered his best — and most varied — album. And yes, the colors are constantly changing, thanks partly to the versatility of Yusef Lateef as both a multi-instrumentalist and arranger. "Nahyste Blues" gets down into Horace Silver territory, "Brother Terry" has just a hint of the East (Lateef's influence again), "Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)" offers one jubilant solo after another. How can you swing this hard (and lyrically) and not sound happy?

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