''Don't Look Away Now!'' is an album by saxophonist
James Moody recorded in 1969 which was released on the
Prestige
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Prestige Records discography
accessed April 19, 2013
Reception
The Allmusic
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site awarded the album 4½ stars.[Allmusic listing](_blank)
accessed April 19, 2013
Track listing
''All compositions by James Moody except as indicated''
# "Don't Look Away Now" – 3:19
# "Darben the Redd Fox" – 7:10
# " Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger
Ralph Rainger ( Reichenthal; October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942) was an American composer of popular music principally for films.
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Born Ralph Reichenthal in New York City, United States, Rainger initially embarked on a legal career, ...
, Leo Robin
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) – 5:33
# "Hey Herb! Where's Alpert?" – 3:36
# "Hear Me" – 9:26
# "When I Fall in Love
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" (Edward Heyman
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, Victor Young
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Young is commonly said to ...
) – 6:07
# "Last Train from Overbrook" – 4:32
Personnel
* James Moody – tenor saxophone
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, alto saxophone
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*Barry Harris
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Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...
– piano
*Bob Cranshaw
Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...
– electric bass
*Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson (July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996) was an American jazz drummer and percussion teacher based in Boston.
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Dawson was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Serving in the U.S. Army during th ...
– drums
*Eddie Jefferson
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– vocals (track 4)
References
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James Moody (saxophonist) albums
1969 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Don Schlitten