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Blue Note

James Moody with Strings

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Recorded1952
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 5005
Released1952
Personnel16 credited players
Discogsmaster 1506011

The record

James Moody doubling alto and tenor in front of a string group conducted by André Hodeir, with harp, flute, clarinet and bass clarinet in the ensemble -- the settings matter as much as the solos. Blue Note BLP 5005, a ten-inch from 1952, cover by Paul Bacon. Most of the supporting players, Pierre Michelot and Raymond Fol among them, are marked uncredited on the release itself.

Tracks

  1. Loving You The Way I Do
  2. So Very Pretty
  3. Autumn Leaves
  4. Singing For You
  5. Bedelia
  6. Shade Of Blond
  7. September Serenade
  8. Jackie, My Little Cat

Session personnel

  • James Moody — Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
  • Pierre Michelot — Bass [Uncredited]
  • Guy Rogne — Cello [Uncredited]
  • Robert Jadoux — Cello [Uncredited]
  • Henri Bellicourt — Clarinet [Uncredited], Bass Clarinet [Uncredited]
  • André Hodeir — Conductor
  • Paul Bacon (2) — Cover
  • Pierre Lemarchand — Drums [Uncredited]
  • Max Porret — Flute [Uncredited]
  • Bernard Galais — Harp [Uncredited]
  • Raymond Fol — Piano [Uncredited]
  • Charles Vaudevoir — Violin [Uncredited]
  • Jean Gaunet — Violin [Uncredited]
  • Lionel Gali — Violin [Uncredited]
  • Marcel Beaujouan — Violin [Uncredited]
  • James Moody With Strings

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1952Blue Note · BLP 5005 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono earliest on file
1953Blue Note · BLP 5005 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Repress, Mono, 4th press · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear
1953Blue Note · BLP 5005 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono, 3rd pressing

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