Clark Terry - Color Changes

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

This is one of flügelhornist Clark Terry's finest albums. Terry had complete control over the music and, rather than have the usual jam session, he utilized an octet and arrangements by Yusef Lateef, Budd Johnson, and Al Cohn. The lineup of musicians (C.T., trombonist Jimmy Knepper, Julius Watkins on French horn, Yusef Lateef on tenor, flute, oboe, and English horn, Seldon Powell doubling on tenor and flute, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Joe Benjamin, and drummer Ed Shaughnessy) lives up to its potential, and the charts make good use of the sounds of these very individual stylists. The material, which consists of originals by Terry, Duke Jordan, Lateef, and Bob Wilber, is both rare and fresh, and the interpretations always swing. Highly recommended.

"Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue)" - 6:37 "Brother Terry" - 3:54 "Flutin' and Fluglin'" - 6:46 "No Problem" - 5:49 "La Rive Gauche" - 5:28 "Nahstye Blues" - 6:00 "Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)" - 7:32

Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone, flute Julius Watkins - French horn Jimmy Knepper - trombone Tommy Flanagan - piano
Budd Johnson - piano (# 6) Joe Benjamin - bass Ed Shaughnessy - drums Recorded
November 19, 1960
Nola Penthouse Studio, New York City