''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 '' James Moody's Moods''.

Reception

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, writing for AllMusic, 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... accessible, melodic and swinging".Yanow, S
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Track listing

# "The Golden Touch" ( Quincy Jones) - 4:09 # " The Nearness of You" ( Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 4:53 # " The Donkey Serenade" ( Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart) - 3:45 # "Moody's Blue Again" (Jones) - 4:34 # "Wail Moody, Wail" (Dave Burns, James Moody) - 13:56 # "The Strut" (

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launch ...

) - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue # "A Sinner Kissed an Angel" ( Mack David, Larry Shayne) - 4:02 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

* James Moody - tenor saxophone,

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*Dave Burns - trumpet *William Shepherd - trombone * Pee Wee Moore -

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*Jimmy Boyd - piano *John Latham -

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Production

*Bob Weinstock - supervisor * Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

References

{{Authority control James Moody (saxophonist) albums 1956 albums Prestige Records albums Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums recorded in a home studio