Headin' South

by Horace Parlan

Headin' South cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1962
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:45
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating heavily within the bluesy, earthy realm of hard bop, 'Headin' South' highlights Horace Parlan's unique, chordal piano style, famously developed to accommodate his partially paralyzed right hand. The session is enriched by the addition of Ray Barretto on congas, adding a subtle Latin syncopation to the deeply grooving rhythm section. It remains one of the most accessible and consistently satisfying piano trio dates in the Blue Note catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, improvisation, technical, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Headin' South (4:30)
  2. The Song Is Ended (5:55)
  3. Summertime (6:00)
  4. Low Down (5:29)
  5. Congalegre (4:24)
  6. Prelude to a Kiss (5:28)
  7. Jim Loves Sue (4:33)
  8. My Mother's Eyes (5:21)

Credits

  • Horace Parlan - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • George Tucker - bass
  • Ray Barretto - congas, written-by
  • Al Harewood - drums
  • Irving Berlin - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Irving Mills - written-by

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