Color Changes

Color Changes is an album by trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in the early 60s and originally released on the Candid label.^[2][3]

Color Changes
Studio album by Clark Terry
Released	October 1961[1]
Recorded	November 19, 1960 Nola Penthouse Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:28
Label	Candid CJM 8009
Producer	Nat Hentoff
Clark Terry chronology
Tate-a-Tate (1960) Color Changes (1961) Everything's Mellow (1961)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "This is one of flügelhornist Clark Terry's finest albums. Terry had complete control over the music and, rather than have the usual jam session, he utilized an octet and arrangements by Yusef Lateef, Budd Johnson, and Al Cohn. ...The material, which consists of originals by Terry, Duke Jordan, Lateef, and Bob Wilber, is both rare and fresh, and the interpretations always swing. Highly recommended".^[4] Describing it as the leader's best album, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings says that the variety of tones provided by the arrangement of the various horn players is particularly striking.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Clark Terry except as indicated

1. "Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue)" (Bob Wilber) – 6:37
2. "Brother Terry" (Yusef Lateef) – 3:54
3. "Flutin' and Fluglin'" – 6:46
4. "No Problem" (Duke Jordan) – 5:49
5. "La Rive Gauche" – 5:28
6. "Nahstye Blues" – 6:00
7. "Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)" – 7:32

Personnel

• Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone, flute
• Julius Watkins – French horn
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Budd Johnson – piano (track 6)
• Joe Benjamin – bass
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums

References

1. Billboard Oct 23, 1961
2. Edwards, D., & Callahan, M., Candid Records discography accessed March 9, 2015
3. Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography, accessed March 9, 2015
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 9, 2015
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1391. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.