James Moody - Moody Plays Mancini (1997)

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James Moody - Moody Plays Mancini (1997)
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Label: Warner Bros. (46626) | Release date 1997
James Moody has been an institution in jazz since the late '40s, whether on tenor, flute, occasional alto, or yodelling his way through his Moody's Mood for Love. After serving in the Air Force (1943-1946), he joined Dizzy Gillespie's bebop orchestra and began a lifelong friendship with the trumpeter. Moody toured Europe with Gillespie and then stayed overseas for several years, working with Miles Davis, Max Roach, and top European players. His 1949 recording of I'm in the Mood for Love in 1952 became a hit under the title of Moody's Mood for Love with classic vocalese lyrics written by Eddie Jefferson and a best-selling recording by King Pleasure. After returning to the U.S., Moody formed a septet that lasted for five years, recorded extensively for Prestige and Argo, took up the flute, and then from 1963-1968, was a member of Dizzy Gillespie's quintet. He worked in Las Vegas show bands during much of the 1970s before returning to jazz, playing occasionally with Gillespie, mostly working as a leader and recording with Lionel Hampton's Golden Men of Jazz. Moody, who has alternated between tenor (which he prefers) and alto throughout his career, has an original sound on both horns. He is also one of the best flutists in jazz. James Moody has recorded as a leader for Blue Note, Xanadu, Vogue, Prestige, EmArcy, Mercury, Argo, DJM, Milestone, Perception, MPS, Muse, Vanguard, and Novus.
As popular and well-known as Henry Mancini was when he was alive, only after his death in 1994 have the substantial musical tributes been coming -- and the tunes included on this graceful disc were suggested by the composer himself. Mancini was, of course, a product of the big band era -- and thus, steeped in jazz -- and his movie themes often make gratifying basic material for ballad improvisations. With only Gil Goldstein's electronic keyboards (used sparingly and strictly in a jazz context), Todd Coolman's bass, and Terri Lyne Carrington's drums to back him up, Moody's tenor, alto and soprano solos are consistently warm, melodic, and easy to assimilate, with a few nudges outside the changes on Charade. Appropriately he also chooses to use the flute on the sly, sauntering Pink Panther theme and Soldier In the Rain. The sentimental Moon River was the only tune Mancini did not recommend, but it was from Moody's wife's favorite film, and it gives Moody a chance to exercise his deep, endearingly rusty bass voice.
1.The Pink Panther Theme 5:00
2.Slow Hot Wind 5:43
3.Moon River 4:30
4.Silver Streak 6:09
5.Royal Blue 4:50
6.Too Little Time 4:06
7.Charade 7:31
8.Soldier in the Rain 5:19
9.(I Love You and) Don't You Forget It 4:44
10.Two for the Road 5:38

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