''I'm Shooting High'' is an album by jazz pianist Gildo Mahones recorded for the Prestige label in 1963.Prestige Records discography
accessed May 23, 2013 The album was intended to be the pianist's debut album but was shelved temporarily when the Prestige subsidiary label New Jazz ceased to be used for releases and was later issued as part of the Prestige 16000 Series.

Track listing

:''All compositions by Gildo Mahones except where noted.'' # "Water Blues Fall" # " Good Morning Heartache" ( Irene Higginbotham,

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) Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 4, 1963 (tracks 5, 6), August 15, 1963 (tracks 7, 8) and September 3, 1963 (tracks 1–4)

Personnel

* Gildo Mahones – piano * Leo Wright –

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(tracks 7, 8) * Kenny Burrell – guitar (tracks 7, 8) * Larry Young –

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(tracks 5, 6) * Peck Morrison (tracks 5, 6), George Tucker (tracks 1–4, 7, 8) –

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* Oliver Jackson (tracks 5, 6), Jimmie Smith (tracks 1–4, 7, 8) – drums *Ozzie Beck – vocals (track 8) * Ozzie Cadena – producer * Rudy Van Gelder –

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References

{{Authority control Gildo Mahones albums 1964 albums Prestige Records albums Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio