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Pee Wee Moore
Numa Smith "Pee Wee" Moore (March 5, 1928 in Raleigh, North Carolina – April 13, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist.Zagier, Alan Scher. News and Observer (Durham, NC). "Jazzman doesn’t sing the blues." 2/22/1999 Moore attended Washington High School in Raleigh and the Hampton Institute in Virginia, where he switched his major from pre-med to music after one semester. He joined the Royal Hamptonians and toured on a USO circuit. While traveling back to Hampton from New York, Pee Wee, while asleep in the backseat of his friend’s car, lost his left eye in an accident. Moore played with Lucky Millinder and Louis Jordan in 1951, and played with R&B musicians such as Wynonie Harris early in the decade. He worked with Illinois Jacquet in 1952 and James Moody in 1954-56, then played with Dizzy Gillespie in 1957, recording with him on several albums for Verve Records. He also worked with Mary Lou Williams in 1957 and Bill Doggett in 1965.Barry Kernfeld, "Pee Wee Moore". '' ...
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The New Grove
''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theory of music. Earlier editions were published under the titles ''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', and ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians''; the work has gone through several editions since the 19th century and is widely used. In recent years it has been made available as an electronic resource called ''Grove Music Online'', which is now an important part of ''Oxford Music Online''. ''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' ''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' was first published in London by Macmillan and Co. in four volumes (1879, 1880, 1883, 1889) edited by George Grove with an Appendix edited by J. A. Fuller Maitland in the fourth volume. An Index edited by Mrs. E. Wodehouse was issued as a separate volume in 1890. In ...
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American Jazz Saxophonists
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Moody's Mood For Love (album)
''Moody's Mood for Love'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1956 and released on the Argo label.James Moody catalogue
accessed February 5, 2013


Reception

Ron Wynn of reviewed the album and observed it contains "A strong version of the "Moody's Mood for Love," with a vocal by the late Eddie Jefferson".Wynn, R
Allmusic Review
February 5, 2013


Track listing

''All compositions by James Moody, except as indicated'' # "Foolin' the Blues" - 5:05 # "Plus Eight" - 3:56 # "



Flute 'n The Blues
''Flute 'n the Blues'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1956 and released on the Argo label. The album was Moody's first recording featuring him on flute.James Moody catalogue
accessed February 5, 2013


Reception

, writing for , stated: "The basic material (mostly standards and blues) are given spirited and swinging treatment by the underrated group".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
February 1, 2013< ...
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Wail, Moody, Wail
''Wail, Moody, Wail'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
accessed February 1, 2013 The CD reissue added two bonus tracks which originally appeared on ''''.


Reception

Scott Yanow, writing for , stated: "The bop-based group had plenty of spirit (as best shown here on the 14-minute title cut) if not necessarily a strong personality of its own... accessi ...
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Hi Fi Party
''Hi Fi Party'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
accessed February 1, 2013 The CD reissue added a bonus track which originally appeared on '' James Moody's Moods''.


Reception

Scott Yanow, in a review for , stated: "For a period in the mid-'50s, tenor saxophonist James Moody (who doubled on alto) was able to keep together a swinging septet that played bop in a fairly accessible way".
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James Moody's Moods
''James Moody's Moods'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody composed of sessions recorded in 1954 and 1955, released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography
accessed February 1, 2013


Track listing

# "The Strut" ( Benny Golson) – 4:02 # "Jammin' with James" (Dave Burns, James Moody) – 11:36 # "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" (, Larry Shayne) – 4:02 # "" - (alto sax take) (
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Moody (album)
''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.Discogs album entry
Retrieved February 4, 2013


Reception

, writing for , 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 inte ...
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Moodsville
Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them on subsidiary labels. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord. History The Prestige office was located at 446 West 50th Street, New York City. Its catalogue included Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. Audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder was the recording engineer of many Prestige albums in the 1950s and early-to-mid-1960s. Prestige created new labels in 1960: Swingville, Moodsville, covering jazz, Bluesville featuring blues revival artists, Lively Arts featuring spoken word recordings and Prestige International, Prestige Folklore, Irish and Near East with folk and world music. By the later 1950s, ...
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The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All
''The Greatest Trumpet of Them All'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.Dizzy Gillespie discography
accessed March 23, 2012


Reception

The review states: "For many other jazz musicians this would be a 'good' or even 'fine' effort, but Dizzy Gillespie has recorded too much classic music for this disappointment to rate very high."Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed March 23, 2012


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Dizzy Gillespie At Newport
''Dizzy Gillespie at Newport'' is a 1957 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, featuring his big band, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Reception The AllMusic review states: "This brilliant CD captures one of the high points of Dizzy Gillespie's remarkable career and is highly recommended." Track listing # "Dizzy's Blues" ( A. K. Salim) – 11:51 # " School Days" (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards) – 5:47 # " Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 7:56 # " Manteca" ( Gil Fuller, Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 7:11 # " I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) – 4:48 # "Cool Breeze" ( Tadd Dameron, Billy Eckstine, Gillespie) – 10:33 # " Zodiac Suite: Virgo/Libra/Aries" (Mary Lou Williams) – 10:28 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue # "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 10:00 Bonus track on CD reissue - Lee Morgan feature Personnel *Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocals, arranger (track 4) *Talib D ...
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