| Early Spring | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studios |
| |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:58 | |||
| Label | Optimism Records | |||
| Producer | Alphonse Mouzon | |||
| Alphonse Mouzon chronology | ||||
| ||||
Early Spring is a studio album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon, produced by Mouzon himself and released in 1988 via Optimism Records. The album peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Guest artists on the album include Ronnie Laws and Ernie Watts.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic, in a 3/5-star review, remarked "Drummer Alphonse Mouzon covers a lot of ground on this set, ranging from poppish R&B to straight jazz."
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Early Spring" | Alphonse Mouzon | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Alone in Paris" | Alphonse Mouzon | 5:38 |
| 3. | "Come Fly with Me" | Alphonse Mouzon | 4:03 |
| 4. | "We Almost Made It" | Alphonse Mouzon | 6:03 |
| 5. | "The Lady in Red" | Alphonse Mouzon | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Seven Steps to Heaven" | Miles Davis, Victor Feldman | 4:17 |
| 7. | "I Can Give You Love" | Alphonse Mouzon | 6:31 |
| 8. | "Waterfall" | Alphonse Mouzon | 4:02 |
| 9. | "By All Means" | Alphonse Mouzon | 7:38 |
 | This 1980s jazz album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |