Variety Is the Spice
1979 studio album by The Louis Hayes Group
Variety Is the Spice | ||||
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Studio album by The Louis Hayes Group | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | October 9–12, 1978 | |||
Studio | Generation Sound Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Gryphon G 787 | |||
Producer | Norman Schwartz | |||
Louis Hayes chronology | ||||
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Variety Is the Spice is an album by the Louis Hayes Group recorded in 1978 and released on the Gryphon label. [1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review called it "Excellent, advanced straight-ahead music".[3]
Track listing
- "Kelly Colors" (Harold Mabern) – 6:40
- "Little Sunflower" (Freddie Hubbard, Leon Thomas) – 6:43
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11
- "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 6:00
- "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster – 7:06
- "Nisha" (Louis Hayes, Thomas) – 5:38
- "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:19
- "Dance With Me" (Peter Brown, Robert Rans) – 4:54
- "A Hundred Million Miracles" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 4:40
Personnel
- Louis Hayes – drums
- Frank Strozier – alto saxophone, flute
- Harold Mabern – piano, electric piano
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Portinho – percussion
- Titos Sompa – congas
- Leon Thomas – vocals (tracks 2 & 6)
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Louis Hayes (1960)
- Breath of Life (1974)
- Ichi-Ban (with Junior Cook, 1976)
- The Real Thing (1977)
- Variety Is the Spice (1978)
- Light and Lively (1989)
- Una Max (1989)
- Nightfall (1991)
- Blue Lou (1993)
- The Super Quartet (1994)
- Serenade for Horace (2017)
- The Crawl (1989)