Moody (album)
This article is about the album by saxophonist James Moody. For the album by the singer Sajjad Ali, see Sajjad Ali § Albums.
Moody | ||||
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Studio album by James Moody | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded |
January 8, April 12 and September 29, 1954 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label |
Prestige PRLP 7072 | |||
James Moody chronology | ||||
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Moody (also released as Moody's Workshop) is an album by saxophonist James Moody composed of sessions from 1954 with a septet arranged by Quincy Jones which were released on the Prestige label.[1] [2]
Reception
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "In the mid-'50s James Moody led a four-horn septet that played music falling somewhere between bop and rhythm & blues. The danceable rhythms and riffing made its recordings somewhat accessible but the solos of Moody (on tenor and alto) and trumpeter Dave Burns also held listener's interests".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Quincy Jones except as indicated
- "Keepin' Up with Jonesy" - 3:14
- "Workshop" (Gil Fuller) - 3:08
- "I'm Gone" - 3:19
- "A Hundred Years from Today" (Ned Washington, Joe Young, Victor Young) - 2:45
- "Jack Raggs" (Jack Raggs) - 2:40
- "Mambo with Moody" (James Moody, Newbolt) - 4:07
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 3:03
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 3:53
- "Moody's Mood for Blues" - 5:35
- "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) - 2:51
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:51
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on January 8, 1954 (tracks 1-4), April 12, 1954 (tracks 5-7), September 29, 1954 (tracks 8, 9 & 11) and January 28, 1955 (track 101)
Personnel
- James Moody - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Dave Burns - trumpet
- William Shepherd - trombone
- Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
- Jimmy Boyd (tracks 5-11), Sadik Hakim (tracks 1-4) - piano
- John Latham - bass
- Joe Harris (tracks 1-7), Clarence Johnston (tracks 8-11) - drums
- Quincy Jones - arranger
- Eddie Jefferson - vocals (track 2)
Production
- Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
References
- ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed February 4, 2013
- ↑ Discogs album entry, accessed February 4, 2013
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 4, 2013
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