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Happy Moods

Ahmad Jamal

Recorded	Jan 20, 1960
Label	Argo
Released	1960
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 59864

The record

This Argo date finds the rhythm section easing into its most relaxed groove yet, Jamal's dynamics-driven touch sounding almost conversational. Chicago cool built on silence as much as on swing.

Session personnel

Israel Crosby — bass
Vernell Fournier — drums
Ahmad Jamal — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Argo put this out in 1960 in mono as LP-662 and stereo as LPS-662, and those are the earliest copies on file. Deep groove shows up on stereo LPS-662 pressings from Bridgeport and Indianapolis, which is what a stereo buyer should be reading the label for. Canada got its own LP-C-662 and LPS-C662 the same year. A 1964 Terre Haute repress of LP-662 is the common copy and the honest budget pick.

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 51 pressings on file.

1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1960	Argo (6) · LPS-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Blue Deep Groove Labels, Indianapolis Pressing · deep groove
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1960	Argo (6) · LPS-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Bridgeport Pressing · deep groove
—	Argo (6) · LPS-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing · deep groove
1960	Argo — MONO
1960	Argo (6) · EP-1081 — Vinyl, 7", EP, 45 RPM
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Argo (6) · LPS-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Argo (6) · LPS-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, blue labels
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Argo (6) · LP-662 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono