Up & Down

by Horace Parlan

Up & Down cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1963
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:58
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by Horace Parlan's distinctively bluesy, rhythmically compelling piano style, 'Up & Down' is a phenomenal showcase of deep-groove hard bop. Accompanied by Booker Ervin's passionate tenor saxophone, the quintet unleashes a fiery, energetic set of sophisticated swinging numbers.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Book's Beat (9:49)
  2. Up and Down (6:10)
  3. Fugee (7:08)
  4. The Other Part of Town (11:41)
  5. Lonely Blues (4:06)
  6. Light Blue (6:02)

Credits

  • Horace Parlan - primary artist, piano, composed by
  • George Tucker - bass, composed by
  • Reid Miles - design [cover]
  • Al Harewood - drums
  • Grant Green - guitar, composed by
  • Leonard Feather - liner notes
  • Rudy Van Gelder - mastered by, recorded by [recording by]
  • Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone, composed by
  • Babs Gonzales - composed by
  • Tommy Turrentine - composed by

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