Horace Parlan- Speakin' My Piece (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)Label: Blue Note Reissued 2 17 2023, Originally released 1960 Pianist Horace Parlan is perhaps best known for his work with Charles Mingus on the bassists 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

Dazed and Confused

Right the Wrongs

The album features 10 new Neil Young compositions (plus a short reprise of one song) and was mixed to analog tape at Rubin’s Shangri-la studios using a selection of vintage instruments and equipment

All This Useless Energy

where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted

Relaxed Fit

Way Of The Storm

Let's Communicate

putting new twists on it while maintaining the original’s integrity

off-the-cuff moments

Heartbreaker

He had a primal approach to drums