Happy Moods

Happy Moods
Studio album by Ahmad Jamal
Released	1960
Recorded	January 20–21, 1960
Studio	Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:36
Label	Argo LPS-662
Producer	Jack Tracy
Ahmad Jamal chronology
The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal (1959) Happy Moods (1960) At the Pershing, Vol. 2 (1961)

Happy Moods is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Happy Moods does nothing to diminish the position of those who believe that the pianist deserves a considerably higher spot than he is usually accorded".

Track listing

1. "Little Old Lady" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 5:10
2. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:42
3. "Pavanne" (Morton Gould) – 5:42
4. "Excerpt from the Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:58
5. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (Cole Porter) – 3:16
6. "Time on My Hands" (Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans) – 1:34
7. "Rain Check" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:45
8. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 3:01
9. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 4:53
10. "Rhumba No. 2" (Jamal) – 2:35

Personnel

• Ahmad Jamal – piano
• Israel Crosby – bass
• Vernel Fournier – drums