''James Moody's Moods'' is an album by saxophonist James Moody composed of sessions recorded in 1954 and 1955, released on the

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Track listing

# "The Strut" ( Benny Golson) – 4:02 # "Jammin' with James" (Dave Burns, James Moody) – 11:36 # "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" (

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, Larry Shayne) – 4:02 # "

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" - (alto sax take) ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 3:46 # "I've Got the Blues" (Eddie Jefferson) – 2:45 # "Blue Walk" ( Benny Golson) – 3:13 # "Faster James" (

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) – 3:40 *Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 29, 1954 (track 4), January 28, 1955 (tracks 5-7), August 24, 1955 (track 2) and December 12, 1955 (tracks 1 & 3)

Personnel

* James Moody –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, alto saxophone *Dave Burns –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*William Shepherd –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

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– baritone saxophone *Jimmy Boyd –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*John Latham – bass * Clarence Johnston – drums *

Eddie Jefferson Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was an American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Jefferson himself claims t ...

– vocal (track 5) *Bob Weinstock – supervisor *

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Theloni ...

– engineer

References

James Moody (saxophonist) albums 1956 albums Prestige Records albums Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio {{1950s-jazz-album-stub