Mumbles (also reissued as Angyumaluma Bongliddleany Nannyany Awhan Yi!) is an album by trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in 1964 and originally released on the Mainstream label.[1][2]
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 in New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Mainstream 56066/S6066 Fontana | |||
| Producer | Bob Shad | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
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Allmusic's Ken Dryden awarded the album 2½ stars and states "Clark Terry launched his "Mumbles" routine (where he delivered semi-coherent vocals interspersed with scat) with two numbers on a studio date for Verve led by Oscar Peterson; this Mainstream LP finds him expanding the concept to album length, with mixed success. Unfortunately, the effort becomes a little too commercial, not only de-emphasizing the jazz element to focus on the vocals, but adding lackluster songs".[3] The retitled rerelease was awarded 4 stars by Richard S. Ginell who commented "As per the weird title, the music within this LP is among the happiest and most lighthearted (perhaps even occasionally light-headed) of Clark Terry's long, happy career".[4]
Track listing
edit- "The Mumbler Strikes Again" (Clark Terry) - 3:07
- "Big Spender" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) - 2:29
- "Rum and Mumbles" (Terry, Joe Cain) - 2:50
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:19
- "Mumbles" (Terry) - 2:42
- "Grand Dad's Blues" (Terry) - 3:52
- "The Cat from Cadiz" (Cain) - 4:35
- "Never" (Terry) - 3:37
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 2:34
- "Night Song" (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) - 2:40
- "El Blues Latino" (Cain) - 3:07
Personnel
edit- Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal
- Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Frank Anderson - piano, organ
- Vinnie Bell, Eric Gale - guitar
- Richard Davis, George Duvivier - bass
- Grady Tate - drums
- Phil Kraus - percussion
- Willie Bobo - congas
- José Mangual - bongos
- Joe Cain - arranger
References
edit- ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview), accessed November 11, 2014
- ^ Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed November 11, 2014
- ^ a b Dryden K., Mumbles: Allmusic Review accessed November 11, 2014
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. "Angyumaluma Bongliddleany Nannyany Awhan Yi!: Allmusic Review". Retrieved November 11, 2014.