Hey! It's James Moody

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Hey! It's James Moody
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Studio album by
James Moody
Released1960
RecordedDecember 29, 1959
Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Label Argo
LP 666
Producer Jack Tracy
James Moody chronology
James Moody
(1959)		Hey! It's James Moody
(1960)		 Moody with Strings
(1961)

Hey! It's James Moody is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1959 and released on the Argo label. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3½ stars. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by James Moody, except as indicated

  1. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 3:06
  2. "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) – 2:36
  3. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:29
  4. "Last Train from Overbrook" – 2:36
  5. "Please Say Yes" (Tom McIntosh) – 3:59
  6. "Blue Jubilee" (McIntosh) – 6:16
  7. "Woody N' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:12
  8. "Trouble in de Lowlands" – 2:27
  9. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2:30
  10. "Tali" (McIntosh) – 2:49

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ James Moody discography Archived January 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 5, 2013
  2. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed February 5, 2013
  3. ↑ James Moody discography accessed February 5, 2013
  4. 1 2 Allmusic Review, February 5, 2013
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1031. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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