Fast Hands
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fast Hands
| type = Studio
| artist = Johnny Lytle
| cover = Fast Hands.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = April 17, 1980
| venue =
| studio = Sound Heights Studio, Brooklyn, NY
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:43
| label = Muse
MR 5185
| producer = Houston Person
| chronology = Johnny Lytle
| prev_title = Everything Must Change
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Good Vibes
| next_year = 1981
}}
Fast Hands is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1980 for the Muse label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography] accessed May 26, 2015Payne, D., [http://www.dougpayne.com/jld.htm Johnny Lytle discography] accessed May 26, 2015[http://www.jazzdisco.org/johnny-lytle/catalog/#muse-mr-5185 Johnny Lytle catalog] accessed May 26, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 128
}}
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with a review stating, "This is an enjoyable album".{{AllMusic|first=Craig |last=Lytle |class=album |id=mw0000875208 |title=Fast Hands – Review |accessdate=May 26, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated
- "Sister Silver" - 5:45
- "Tomorrow" (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin) - 6:10
- "Brightness" - 4:49
- Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) - 4:41
- "The Man - 7:22
- "Blues to Be There" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 4:56
Personnel
- Johnny Lytle - vibraphone, percussion
- Houston Person - tenor saxophone
- Mickey Tucker - keyboards
- Mervyn Bronson - bass
- Idris Muhammad - drums
- Lawrence Killian - congas, percussion
- Fred Miller - percussion (track 2)
References
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