Horace Parlan Quintet Speakin' My Piece

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• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition on 180-gram LP

  Pianist Horace Parlan is perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mingus on the bassist’s seminal 1959 albums Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots. That same year Parlan made his first Blue Note appearance with Lou Donaldson and in 1960 he began leading his own sessions for the label with the trio albums Movin’ & Groovin’ and Us Three.

  For his third Blue Note date Speakin’ My Piece, also recorded in 1960, Parlan expanded his trio with bassist GeorgeTucker and drummer Al Harewood into a quintet with the addition of a frontline horn section featuring Stanley Turrentine on tenor saxophone and his brother Tommy Turrentine on trumpet. The result is a