Moody with Strings

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title: "Moody with Strings" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["james-moody-(saxophonist)-albums", "1961-albums", "argo-records-albums", "albums-arranged-by-torrie-zito"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_with_Strings" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	James Moody
type	Studio
artist	James Moody
cover	Moody with Strings.jpg
released	1961
recorded	July 5 & 6, 1960 and January 16, 1961
New York City
genre	Jazz
label	Argo
LP 679
producer	Jack Tracy
chronology	James Moody
prev_title	Hey! It's James Moody
prev_year	1960
next_title	Cookin' the Blues
next_year	1961
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| name = James Moody | type = Studio | artist = James Moody | cover = Moody with Strings.jpg | alt = | released = 1961 | recorded = July 5 & 6, 1960 and January 16, 1961 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Argo LP 679 | producer = Jack Tracy | chronology = James Moody | prev_title = Hey! It's James Moody | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = Cookin' the Blues | next_year = 1961

Moody with Strings is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1960 and 1961 and released on the Argo label.

Reception

| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Dorothee" - 3:11
2. "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) - 3:32
3. "Another Day" - 3:50
4. "All My Life" (Sidney D. Mitchell, Sam H. Stept) - 3:20
5. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 2:25
6. "Fools Rush In" (Rube Bloom, Mercer) - 3:34
7. "Somerset" - 4:23
8. "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson) - 4:01
9. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:38
10. "A Song of Love" - 3:03
11. "Dorian Mood" - 4:49

Personnel

• James Moody - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
• Burt Collins, Irvin Markowitz, Don Stratton - trumpet (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9)
• Tom McIntosh, Freddie Zito - trombone (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9)
• Ray Alonge (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 9 & 11), John Barrows (tracks 3, 6 & 11), Richard Berg (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), Jim Buffington (tracks 3, 6 & 11) - French horn
• Phil Bonder, Leon Cohen, Joseph Soldo - woodwinds (tracks 3, 6 & 11)
• Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9)
• Hank Jones (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 10), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 3, 6 & 11) - piano
• John Beal (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 10), George Duvivier (tracks 2, 3, 5–7, 9 & 11) - bass
• Tom Gillen (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), Osie Johnson (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 10), Charlie Persip (tracks 3, 6 & 11) - drums
• Torrie Zito - piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9) arranger, conductor
• Unidentified large string orchestra (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 10)

References

References

1. [http://www.varelasite.com.ar/moodydisco.htm James Moody discography] {{webarchive. link. (2016-01-17 accessed February 5, 2013)
2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965)] accessed February 5, 2013
3. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/james-moody/catalog/#argo-lp-679 James Moody catalogue] accessed February 5, 2013
4. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/moody-with-strings-mw0000870539 Allmusic Review], February 5, 2013

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