Moods (Paul Quinichette album)

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Moods
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Studio album by Paul Quinichette
Released 1955
Recorded November 4 & 22, 1954
Fine Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length40:40
Label EmArcy MG 36003
Producer (not stated)
Paul Quinichette chronology
Blow Your Horn
(1953-54)		Moods
(1955)		The Kid from Denver
(1957)

Moods (also referred to as Moods Featuring Paul Quinichette) is the 1954 debut album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Quinichette featuring compositions and arrangements by Quincy Jones released on the EmArcy label. The tracks were recorded on two session dates in November 1954 with two different line-ups, an (almost) regular jazz sextet with flutist Sam Most as second horn player and two guitarists. The second session featured an Afro-Cuban combo with Herbie Mann on flute and also on tenor saxophone and Latin percussion instead of a drum set. The difference between the two sessions was preserved in splitting the album with the later recorded Latin jazz session on the LP's A-side, the more straight ahead approach on the other. [1] [2]

Paul Quinichette was an American jazz musician who played the tenor saxophone. He was known as the "Vice President" or "Vice Prez" for his uncanny emulation of the breathy style of Lester Young, known as "Prez". Young, who affectionately called everyone "Lady ****", called him "Lady Q". He was also capable of a gruffer style on his own.

Quincy Jones American record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, and trumpeter

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is an American record producer, musician, composer, and film producer. His career spans six decades in the entertainment industry with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992.

EmArcy Records American jazz record label, a division of Universal Music Group for the european market

EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "The mixture of straight-ahead and Afro-Cuban jazz works quite well". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Quincy Jones except as indicated

  1. "Tropical Intrigue" - 3:04
  2. "Grasshopper" - 4:02
  3. "Dilemma Diablo" - 4:03
  4. "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill) - 6:44
  5. "Plush Life" - 7:48
  6. "You're Crying" - 3:13
  7. "Shorty Georgie" (Harry Edison, Count Basie) - 6:33
  8. "Pablo's Roonie" - 4:53

Personnel

Tracks 1–4 (Side A of original LP)
Tenor saxophone type of 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 the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Herbie Mann American jazz flautist

Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet, but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hijack", which was a Billboard No. 1 dance hit for three weeks in 1975.

Flute musical instrument of the woodwind family

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist or, less commonly, fluter or flutenist.

Tracks 5–8 (Side B of original LP)
Sam Most American flautist

Samuel Most was an American jazz flutist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, based in Los Angeles. He was "probably the first great jazz flutist", according to jazz historian Leonard Feather.

Charles Phillip Thompson was an American swing and bebop pianist, organist, composer, and arranger.

Barry Galbraith American guitarist

Joseph Barry Galbraith was an American jazz guitarist.

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References

  1. ↑ Original liner notes on back cover, unknown author, cf. images of Paul Quinichette - Moods at Discogs
  2. ↑ EmArcy Records discography accessed September 27, 2012
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 27, 2012
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