Variety Is the Spice

Variety Is the Spice is an album by the Louis Hayes Group recorded in 1978 and released on the Gryphon label. [1][2]

Variety Is the Spice
Studio album by
The Louis Hayes Group
Released1979
RecordedOctober 9–12, 1978
StudioGeneration Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
LabelGryphon
G 787
ProducerNorman Schwartz
Louis Hayes chronology
The Real Thing
(1977)
Variety Is the Spice
(1979)
Light and Lively
(1989)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review called it "Excellent, advanced straight-ahead music".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Kelly Colors" (Harold Mabern) – 6:40
  2. "Little Sunflower" (Freddie Hubbard, Leon Thomas) – 6:43
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:11
  4. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 6:00
  5. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster – 7:06
  6. "Nisha" (Louis Hayes, Thomas) – 5:38
  7. "My Favorite Things" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:19
  8. "Dance With Me" (Peter Brown, Robert Rans) – 4:54
  9. "A Hundred Million Miracles" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 4:40

Personnel

References

  1. Louis Hayes catalog accessed April 18, 2017
  2. Louis Hayes Leader Entry accessed April 18, 2017
  3. Yanow, Scott. Variety Is the Spice of Life – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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