''Happy Moods'' is an album by American jazz pianist

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featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the

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Critical reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "''Happy Moods'' does nothing to diminish the position of those who believe that the pianist deserves a considerably higher spot than he is usually accorded".Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "Little Old Lady" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 5:10 # "

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) – 2:42 # "Pavanne" ( Morton Gould) – 5:42 # "Excerpt from the Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:58 # " You'd Be So Easy to Love" (

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) – 3:16 # " Time on My Hands" ( Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 1:34 # "Rain Check" (

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) – 4:45 # " I'll Never Stop Loving You" (

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, Sammy Cahn) – 3:01 # " Speak Low" ( Ogden Nash,

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) – 4:53 # "Rhumba No. 2" (Jamal) – 2:35

Personnel

– piano * Israel Crosby –

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* Vernel Fournier –

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References

{{Authority control Argo Records albums Ahmad Jamal albums 1960 albums