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

  1. "Lela" – 4:13
  2. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) – 6:51
  3. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 4:24
  4. "Tag Along" (Clark, Ness) – 3:12
  5. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 5:36
  6. "Happy Ground" – 7:13
  7. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:12
  8. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:50

Personnel

References