Artist: James Moody and His Band
Album: Wail, Moody, Wail
Genre: Bop
Label: Prestige/Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1955/1992
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Golden Touch
- The Nearness Of You
- Donkey Serenade
- Moody's Blue Again
- Wail Moody, Wail
- The Strut
- A Sinner Kissed An Angel
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- Personnel:
- James Moody (alto and tenor sax)
- Dave Burns (trumpet)
- Pee Wee Moore (baritone sax)
- Jimmy Boyd (piano)
- John Lathan (bass)
- Clarence Johnson (drums)
James Moody's mid-'50s band was a septet featuring four horns including the leader's tenor and alto. 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. This CD (a straight reissue of the original LP plus two additional titles from the same session) is accessible, melodic and swinging; trumpeter Dave Burns is the best soloist among the sidemen.
Review by Scott Yanow