James Moody - The Chronological Classics: 1949-1950 (2001)

Tracklist: 00:00 Laura 03:21 Three Bop Mice - Parts 1 & 2 09:04 Blue and Moody 12:07 Be Bop Tune No.1 14:50 Michele by Accident 17:33 Emef 20:31 Head Light 22:55 Big Chief Peckhem Artist: James Moody Title: The Chronological Classics: 1949-1950 Year Of Release: 2001 Label: Classics [1169] Genre: Jazz, Bop James Moody (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player and very occasional vocalist, playing predominantly in the bebop and hard bop styles. The annual James Moody Jazz Festival is held in Newark, New Jersey. Moody had an unexpected hit with “Moody’s Mood for Love“, a 1952 song written by Eddie Jefferson that used as its melody an improvised solo that Moody had played on a 1949 recording of “I’m in the Mood for Love“. Moody adopted the song as his own, recording it with Jefferson on his 1956 album Moody’s Mood for Love and performing the song regularly in concert, often singin