It's What's Happenin'

It's What's Happenin' (subtitled The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.[1][2] Remastered in 2012 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Impulse! Records, it was reissued together with Terry's only other record for the label as a solo leader, The Happy Horns of Clark Terry.[3]

It's What's Happeenin'
Studio album by
Clark Terry
Released1967
RecordedJuly 24, 1967
New York
GenreJazz
Length35:50
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Clark Terry chronology
Spanish Rice
(1966)		 It's What's Happeenin'
(1967)		 Music in the Garden
(1968)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars stating "Not many will bother to recall that Clark Terry was the first trumpeter to make a recording with Selmer's Varitone attachment -- an electronic hookup to an amplifier that allowed a horn player to play octaves. Though the instrument quickly fell out of favor after a very brief vogue, it still produced an attractively soulful sound that was a good fit with Terry's jaunty, slurry, note-bending manner... there is nothing unmusically sensational about anything that happens here.".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Clark Terry except where noted.

  1. "Electric Mumbles" - 3:51
  2. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 6:15
  3. "Take Me Back to Elkhart" - 7:11
  4. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:03
  5. "Tee Pee Time" - 6:25
  6. "Grand Canyon Suite" (Ferde Grofé) - 7:05

Personnel
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References
  1. Impulse! Records discography accessed January 9, 2012
  2. Lord, T., Clark Terry discography, accessed July 14, 2016
  3. Impulse! 2-on-1 Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 30, 2014
  4. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed January 9, 2012
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