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
Studio album by
James Moody
Released1956
RecordedJanuary 8, April 12 and September 29, 1954
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7072
James Moody chronology
New Sounds
(1952) 		Moody
(1956) 		James Moody's Moods
(1954–55)

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. The LP was released on the Prestige label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "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 where indicated.
  1. "Keepin' Up with Jonesy" – 3:14
  2. "Workshop" (Gil Fuller) – 3:08
  3. "NJR (I'm Gone)" – 3:19
  4. "A Hundred Years from Today" (Ned Washington, Joe Young, Victor Young) – 2:45
  5. "Jack Raggs" (Jack Raggs) – 2:40
  6. "Mambo with Moody" (James Moody, Newbolt) – 4:07
  7. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 3:03
  8. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) – 3:53
  9. "Moody's Mood for Blues" – 5:35
  10. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" (Traditional) – 2:51
  11. "It Might as Well Be Spring" - (tenor sax take) (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 10)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography. Retrieved February 4, 2013
  2. ^ Discogs album entry. Retrieved February 4, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, February 4, 2013