Happy Ground
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{{Infobox album
| name = Happy Ground
| type = Studio
| artist = Johnny Lytle
| cover = Happy Ground.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1961
| recorded = March 23, 1961
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:18
| label = Jazzland
JLP 44
| producer =
| chronology = Johnny Lytle
| prev_title = Blue Vibes
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Nice and Easy
| next_year = 1961
}}
Happy Ground is the second album by American jazz vibraphonist Johnny Lytle which was recorded in 1961 for the Jazzland label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-44 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 2, 2012Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/jld.htm Johnny Lyttle discography] accessed November 2, 2012 The album was later reissued on the Riverside label in 1963.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-470 Riverside Records discography] accessed November 2, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Johnny Lytle except as indicated
- "Lela" – 4:13
- "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) – 6:51
- "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:24
- "Tag Along" (Clark, Ness) – 3:12
- "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 5:36
- "Happy Ground" – 7:13
- "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:12
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:50
Personnel
- Johnny Lytle – vibraphone
- Milton Harris – organ
- William "Peppy" Hinnant – drums
References
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