Moody's Mood for Blues

• Artist: James Moody
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• Release Date: April 30, 1994
• Total Time: 54:47
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

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. Vocalese master Eddie Jefferson has two guest appearances (on "Workshop" and "I Got the Blues") and Iona Wade sings "That Man O' Mine" in a Dinah Washington-influenced style but the emphasis is on Moody's solos and the ensembles; the leader's two versions of "It Might as Well Be Spring" (one on tenor, the other on alto) are highlights of this enjoyable CD reissue. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'm Gone	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(3:19)
A Hundred Years from Today	Joseph Young, Ned Washington, Victor Young	James Moody	(2:45)
Keepin' up With Jonesy	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(3:14)
Workshop	Walter Fuller	James Moody	(3:08)
That Man O' Mine	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(2:58)
Over the Rainbow	E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen	James Moody	(3:03)
Jack Raggs		James Moody	(2:40)
Mambo With Moody	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(4:07)
It Might as Well Be Spring [Take 1]	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	James Moody	(3:51)
It Might as Well Be Spring [Take 2]	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	James Moody	(3:46)
Blues in the Closet	Oscar Pettiford	James Moody	(3:53)
Moody's Mood for Blues	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(5:35)
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	Traditional	James Moody	(2:51)
I Got the Blues	Eddie Jefferson	James Moody	(2:43)
Blues Walk	Benny Golson	James Moody	(3:14)
Faster James	Quincy Jones	James Moody	(3:40)

Credits

Joe Harris (Drums), William Shepherd (Trombone), Quincy Jones (Arranger), Eddie Jefferson (Vocals), Eddie Jefferson (?), Dave Burns (?), James Moody (Sax (Alto)), Dave Burns (Trumpet), Sadik Hakim (?), John Latham (Bass), Joe Harris (?), Pee Wee Moore (Brass), Iona Wade (?), Iona Wade (Vocals), James Moody (Flute), John Lathan (Bass), Jimmy Boyd (Piano), Sadik Hakim (Piano), Rudy Van Gelder (Engineer), Numa Moore (?), John Latham (?), Clarence Johnson (?), Clarence Johnson (Drums), William Shepherd (?), James Moody (Sax (Tenor)), Numa Moore (Sax (Baritone))