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Prestige

Moody

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Recorded1955
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP 198
Released1955
Personnel7 credited players
Discogsmaster 1656258

The record

A ten-inch record from 1955 with James Moody doubling tenor and alto saxophone and Dave Burns answering him on trumpet, over Jimmy Boyd's piano, John Lathan's bass and Clarence Johnston's drums. Seven tracks that lean hard on blues feeling, 'Moody Mood For Blues' and 'Blues In The Closet' among them. Prestige PRLP 198.

Tracks

  1. Nobody Knows (The Trouble I've Seen)
  2. I've Got The Blues
  3. Blue Walk
  4. Faster James
  5. It Might As Well Be Spring
  6. Blues In The Closet
  7. Moody Mood For Blues

Session personnel

  • John Lathan — Bass
  • Clarence Johnston — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
  • Jimmy Boyd (2) — Piano
  • James Moody — Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone
  • Dave Burns — Trumpet
  • James Moody And His Band

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1955Prestige · PRLP 198 — Vinyl LP 10" earliest on file
1956Prestige · LP 7072 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
2014Prestige · UCCO-5272 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD

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Rudy Van Gelder also plays on

Jimmy Boyd (2) also plays on