Happenings (Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson album)
1967 studio album by Hank Jones and Oliver Nelson
Happenings is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones and composer/arranger Oliver Nelson featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.[ 2]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 2 stars, stating that "the forgettable sound of the electric harpsichord (an instrument that thankfully didn't catch on, contrary to liner note writer Stanley Dance 's prediction that it was here to stay along with earlier electronic instruments) keeps this release from achieving the heights it would have if Jones had only stuck to the piano throughout the sessions. This disc will be sought only by those fans who must have everything Hank Jones has recorded."[ 3]
Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Nelson except as indicated
"Broadwalk Samba" (Johnny Hodges ) – 2:56
"Winchester Cathedral " (Geoff Stephens ) – 2:22
"Mas Que Nada (Pow Pow Pow) " (Jorge Ben ) – 2:35
"Lullaby of Jazzland" (Manny Albam ) – 2:32
"Jazztime, U.S.A." (Stanley Clayton, George Cates , Jack Pleis ) – 2:19
"Cul-De-Sac" (Krzysztof Komeda ) – 3:09
"Happenings" – 3:11
"Lou's Good Dues Blues" – 4:21
"Fugue Tune" (Traditional) – 4:22
"Spy With a Cold Nose" (Riz Ortolani ) – 2:13
"Funky But Blues" – 2:42
Recorded in New York City on October 19, 1966 (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11), October 20, 1966 (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 8), and October 21, 1966 (tracks 1, 4 & 9)
Personnel
Hank Jones – piano, harpsichord
Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
Clark Terry – trumpet, vocals
Joe Newman (tracks 1–4 & 7–9), Ernie Royal , Snooky Young (tracks 1–4 & 7–9) – trumpet
J. J. Johnson , Jimmy Cleveland , Tom Mitchell, Britt Woodman – trombone (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 8)
Bob Ashton (tracks 2, 3, 7 & 8), Danny Bank , Jerry Dodgion (tracks 2, 3, 5–8, 10 & 11), Romeo Penque (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1–4 & 7–9), Phil Woods (tracks 1–4 & 7–9) – woodwinds
Ron Carter (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11), George Duvivier (tracks 1–4 & 7–9) – bass
Ed Shaughnessy (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11), Grady Tate (tracks 1–4 & 7–9) – drums
Joe Venuto – percussion (tracks 5, 6, 10 & 11)
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Urbanity (1947–53)
Bluebird (1955)
Quartet-Quintet (1955)
The Trio (and Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)
Hank Jones' Quartet (1956)
Have You Met Hank Jones (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)
Porgy and Bess (1958)
The Talented Touch (1958)
Here's Love (1963)
This Is Ragtime Now! (1964)
Happenings (and Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Hanky Panky (1975)
Arigato (1976)
Jones-Brown-Smith (1976)
Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976)
Bop Redux (1977)
Have You Met This Jones? (1977)
I Remember You (1977)
Just for Fun (1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)
Carnaval (and Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)
Compassion (1978)
Groovin' High (1978)
More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)
Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
Bluesette (1979)
I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979)
Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1987)
The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing , 1988)
The Oracle (1989)
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991)
Steal Away (and Charlie Haden , 1994)
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano , 2006)
Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio WithBob Brookmeyer WithAl Cohn WithColeman Hawkins WithJohnny Hodges WithMilt Jackson WithJ.J. Johnson WithOliver Nelson WithSonny Stitt With others
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams , 1957)
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963)
Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983)
Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley , 1958)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons , 1962)
Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972)
Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker , 1965)
Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson , 1956–58)
Encore (Eddie Bert , 1955)
Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955)
Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955)
Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown , 1959)
Ruth Brown '65 (1964)
Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968)
For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant , 1973)
Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd , 1955)
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)
Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957)
1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978)
Bass on Top (Paul Chambers , 1957)
Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955)
Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955)
Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)
Earl Coleman Returns (1956)
Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer , 1957)
Portrait of Art Farmer (1958)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959)
Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman , 1960–61)
Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)
New Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1957)
Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962)
A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975)
Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon , 1972)
Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee , 1963)
Gigi Gryce (1958)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman , 1963)
The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964)
Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)
Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet , 1951)
French Cookin' (Budd Johnson , 1963)
Elvin! (Elvin Jones , 1961–62)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965)
The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones , 1966)
Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan , 1978)
SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral , 1959)
The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)
I'm All For You (Joe Lovano , 2003)
Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004)
Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005)
Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann , 1957)
2-3-4 (Shelly Manne , 1962)
Star Highs (Warne Marsh , 1982)
Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Helen Merrill with Strings (1955)
SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery , 1961)
Great Day (James Mody , 1963)
Salute to Satch (Joe Newman , 1956)
The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956)
Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder , 1984)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
New York Album (Art Pepper , 1979)
So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979)
Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980)
Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)
Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson , 1958)
The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Flute Suite (A.K. Salim , 1957)
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab , 1957)
Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith , 1967)
The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963)
Warm Wave (Cal Tjader , 1964)
Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977)
See You at the Fair (Ben Webster , 1964)
Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)
Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955)
Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder , 1956)
The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959)
But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson , 1969)
The Swingin' States (Kai Winding , 1958)
Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59)
More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966)
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young , 1958)
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release (except for the film scores)
As leader or co-leader WithKai Winding Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley , 1966)
The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966)
Basie Jam (Count Basie , 1973)
The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Night Song (Kenny Burrell , 1969)
I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd , 1964)
New York Slick (Ron Carter , 1979)
Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis , 1949–50)
Young Man with a Horn /Miles Davis Volume 1 /Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
Summertime (Paul Desmond , 1968)
Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham , 1955)
At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald , 1957)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie , 1949)
Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie , 1951)
Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
The Modern Touch (Benny Golson , 1957)
The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins , 1957)
Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday , 1958)
And Then Again (Elvin Jones , 1965)
The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis , 1955)
The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff , 1966)
Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson , 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1965–66)
Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
Alfie (Sonny Rollins , 1966)
Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos , 1975)
New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver , 1965)
Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Joyride (Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Film scores
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader WithDuke Ellington WithJohnny Hodges WithQuincy Jones WithHerbie Mann WithOliver Nelson With others
My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson , 1959)
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons , 1961)
Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Goodies (George Benson , 1968)
Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo , 1968)
Jam Session (Clifford Brown , 1954)
Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown , 1964)
Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd , 1963)
Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn , 1960)
The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron , 1962)
Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)
Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz , 1962)
Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves , 1957)
The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin , 1960)
White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin , 1993)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton , 1966)
It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton , 1964)
Really Big! (Jimmy Heath , 1960)
Friends Old and New (John Hicks , 1992)
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP , 1983)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
J.J.! (J.J. Johnson , 1964)
Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones , 1977)
Down Home (Sam Jones , 1962)
At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef , 1960)
Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe , 1960)
Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance , 1962)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland , 1961)
Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus , 1960)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy , 1962)
Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford , 1954)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner , 1974)
Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike , 1962)
Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith , 1963)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor , 1959)
New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor , 1961)
Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen , 1966)
Devil May Care (Teri Thornton , 1960–61)
Joyride (Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner , 1963)
Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington , 1954)
Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston , 1960)
At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams , 1963)
New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Kai Olé (Kai Winding , 1961)
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode , 1957)