In June 1961, pianist Horace Parlan recorded the album Up & Down for Blue Note. On the session were Parlan (p), Booker Ervin (ts), Grant Green (g), George Tucker (b) and Al Harewood (d).
The title track was composed by Parlan, who plays superbly. As Leonard Feather wrote in his liner notes...
Up & Down, Horace's title number for the album, is so named bec…
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