Frank-ly Speaking
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{{Infobox album
| name = Frank-ly Speaking
| type = Album
| artist = Horace Parlan
| cover = Frank-ly Speaking.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = February 5, 1977
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 56:11
| label = SteepleChase
| producer =
| chronology = Horace Parlan
| prev_title = No Blues
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Goin' Home
| next_year = 1977
}}
Frank-ly Speaking is an album by American jazz pianist Horace Parlan featuring performances recorded in the U.S. in 1977 and released on the Danish-based SteepleChase label.[http://www.steeplechase.dk/steeplechase/CDcatalog.pdf SteepleChase Records catalog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132241/http://www.steeplechase.dk/steeplechase/CDcatalog.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }} accessed September 23, 2010.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars, stating that "the playing is inspired throughout the date by everyone involved".Dryden, K. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152414|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed September 23, 2010.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1130}}
}}
Track listing
- "Frank-ly Speaking" (Horace Parlan) – 3:55
- "Quietude" (Thad Jones) – 4:28
- "Hit It" (Lisle Atkinson) – 6:29
- "Mirror Lake" (Idrees Sulieman) – 8:18
- "Chocolate Cadillac" (Sulieman) – 10:04
- "Misty Thursday" (Duke Jordan) – 6:39
- "U.A.I." (Sulieman) – 7:22
- "Veronica's Walk" (Tony Inzalaco) – 8:56