''Mood Changes'' is a jazz album by American

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and

vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956. Kelly ...

. It was released on May 5, 2009. The tracks "101" and "I Want to Be Happy" were winners of the 2008

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Young Jazz Composers Award and the 2008 ''

Downbeat Magazine ' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...

'' student music awards. The liner notes were written by the ''

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'' journalist,

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Track listing

Tracks # "Happy Theme Song" (5:32) # "Comes Love" (5:54) # "Tender Madness" (4:26) # "101" (6:12) # "But Life Goes On" (4:00) # "Ain't No Sunshine" (6:13) # "Here, There and Everywhere" (6:13) # "I'll Remember April" (3:17) # "It Might As Well Be Spring" (5:38) # "I Want to Be Happy" (4:26)

Personnel

– alto/soprano/tenor saxophones and vocals *Jason Palmer – trumpet *Doug Johnson – piano *John Lockwood – bass, electric bass *Jordan Perlson – drums (1,3,4,8,9) *

Terri Lyne Carrington Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and ma ...

– drums (2,5,6,7,10) * Adam Rogers – guitar (6,7) *

Hal Crook Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz trombonist. He has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation. Hal was a professor at Berk ...

– trombone (10)

References

External links

* 2009 albums Grace Kelly (musician) albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub