The Happy Horns of Clark Terry

{{Infobox album

| name = The Happy Horns of Clark Terry

| type = Album

| artist = Clark Terry

| cover = The Happy Horns of Clark Terry.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = March 13, 1964

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length = 39:09

| label = Impulse!

| producer = Bob Thiele

| chronology = Clark Terry

| prev_title = What Makes Sammy Swing

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = Oscar Peterson Trio + One

| next_year = 1964

}}

The Happy Horns of Clark Terry is an album by American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in March 1964 for the Impulse! label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-64 Impulse! Records discography] accessed March 21, 2011 Reissued in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it resurfaced with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, It's What's Happenin'.[http://www.impulse50.com/?page_id=172 Impulse! 2-on-1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135818/http://www.impulse50.com/?page_id=172 |date=2014-09-03 }} accessed August 30, 2014

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This all-star CD has plenty of memorable moments... The lively music is quite enjoyable".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-happy-horns-of-clark-terry-r156675 Allmusic Review] accessed March 21, 2011

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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Track listing

  1. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 4:39
  2. "In a Mist" (Bix Beiderbecke) - 4:08
  3. "Return to Swahili" (Clark Terry) - 3:04
  4. "Ellington Rides Again: a. Don't Get Around Much Anymore; b. Perdido; c. I'm Beginning to See the Light" (a. Ellington,The 1994 MCA/GRP re-issue of the album credits Ruseel-Ellington b. Juan Tizol, c. Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George) - 2:56
  5. "Impulsive" (Hodges) - 4:40
  6. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:37
  7. "Jazz Conversations" (Buck Clayton, Bob Hammer) - 4:29
  8. "High Towers" (Henri Woode) - 3:48
  9. "Hammerhead Waltz" (Hammer) - 2:48

:*Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 13, 1964

Personnel

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