It's What's Happenin'
It's What's Happenin' (subtitled The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1][2] Remastered in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it was reissued together with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, The Happy Horns of Clark Terry.[3]
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| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | July 24, 1967 New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:50 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars stating "Not many will bother to recall that Clark Terry was the first trumpeter to make a recording with Selmer's Varitone attachment -- an electronic hookup to an amplifier that allowed a horn player to play octaves. Though the instrument quickly fell out of favor after a very brief vogue, it still produced an attractively soulful sound that was a good fit with Terry's jaunty, slurry, note-bending manner... there is nothing unmusically sensational about anything that happens here.".[4]
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Clark Terry except where noted.
- "Electric Mumbles" - 3:51
- "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 6:15
- "Take Me Back to Elkhart" - 7:11
- "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:03
- "Tee Pee Time" - 6:25
- "Grand Canyon Suite" (Ferde Grofé) - 7:05
Personnel
References
- Impulse! Records discography accessed January 9, 2012
- Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed July 14, 2016
- Impulse! 2-on-1 Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 30, 2014
- Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed January 9, 2012