Moody's Blues

Artist: James Moody and the Swedish All-Stars
Label: Prestige
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 025218522823
EAN: 0025218522823
ASIN: B0000296NF

Release Date: 1999-11-02

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Tracks:

The Flight (AKA The Flight Of The Bopple Bee)
I'm In The Mood For Love
Lester Leaps In
Body And Soul
I'm In the Mood For Groovin'
Out Of Nowhere
Indiana
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Good Bait
Over The Rainbow
Dexterious
Blue And Moody
Hey! Jim (Moody's Blues)
I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
Cherokee
Pennies From Heaven
Am I Blue
Embraceable You
Two Feathers (Two Fathers)
Again
Love Walked In
How Deep Is The Ocean?
Moody's Got Rhythm
The Man I Love

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Customer Reviews:

Moody's Swedish moods.......2005-11-18

As a 23 year old in 1948, having played for two years in Dizzy Gillespie's big band, James Moody headed for Europe, where he remained for three years. He made some records in Switzerland and Paris for Vogue and a whole slew of sides in Sweden for Metronome that were issued in the US on Prestige. This CD collects those Swedish sides.

Always a bopper of the first order, Moody still played with a unique lyricism, especially on ballad numbers. Unlike warhorses like Sonny Stitt, Moody never overpowered or overplayed, though he could swing the roof off. His famous I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, later vocalized by King Pleasure ("There I go, there I go, there I go, there I gooooooo . . ."), is here. There is also an excellent up-tempo INDIANA that he does on tenor.

Also worthy of note is the medium blues HEY! JIM, which is a duet between Moody's tenor and Lars Gullin's breezy baritone sax. James plays an excellent version of CHEROKEE on tenor with a string section accompaniment, and the combination works marvelously. LOVE WALKED IN is another highlight, with Moody on tenor along with a Swedish all-star quintet; the same group does MOODY'S GOT RHYTHM, with James in the solo spotlight all the way and some fine brush work by drummer Jack Noren.

These early sides helped establish Moody as a major new talent on the modern scene. They also helped introduce to American audiences some major Swedish talent, especially Lars Gullin and Arne Domnerus. There's a lot of great music here, definitely worth checking out.

Some Great Bebop.......2001-09-06

This album is actually a combination of two albums: "James Moody's Greatest Hits," and "More of James Moody's Greatest Hits." For those of you who don't know, the title may seem a bit misleading. While each track is a "hit" in that it is great, this album is not at all a "best of" compilation. All of the tracks here come from sessions done in 1949 and 1951, while Moody was in Sweden. The sound isn't great as the source of all the tracks came from 78s or LPs, but that's pretty minor as far as I'm concerned.

Except for playing alto on some slower pieces, Moody sticks to tenor. As this is the only recording I've heard by him and one of his earliest, I don't know if his style has changed. On this album however, he plays in a style influenced by Bird, but with a smoother tone than other bop tenor players like Stitt or Rollins. A highlight is the original version of "I'm in the Mood for Love," which was later turned into a vocalese hit.

I would recommend this for bebop fans or for those looking to expand their jazz collections.

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