Hi Fi Party

Hi Fi Party
Studio album by James Moody
Released 1956
Recorded August 23 & 24, 1955
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length 46:49
Label Prestige
PRLP 7011
Producer Bob Weinstock
James Moody chronology

James Moody's Moods
(1955)
Hi Fi Party
(1955)
Wail, Moody, Wail
(1955)

Hi Fi Party is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.[1] The CD reissue added a bonus track which originally appeared on James Moody's Moods.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic reviewed the album stating "For a period in the mid-'50s, tenor saxophonist James Moody (who doubled on alto) was able to keep together a swinging septet that played bop in a fairly accessible way".[2]

Track listing

  1. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:49
  2. "Hard to Get" (Jack Segal) - 4:03
  3. "Disappointed" (Eddie Jefferson) - 6:19
  4. "Big Men" (Benny Golson) - 4:16
  5. "Show Eyes" (John Adriano Acea) - 4:22
  6. "Little John" (John Latham) - 4:20
  7. "And You Called My Name" (Golson) - 4:10
  8. "Little Ricky" (Acea) - 3:54
  9. "Jammin' with James" (Dave Burns, James Moody) - 11:36 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed February 1, 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, February 1, 2013