New Sounds

New Sounds
10" LP
Compilation album by Max Roach, James Moody , Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey
Released August, 1952
Recorded December 22, 1947; April 30 and May 15, 1949
Genre Jazz
Length 24:30
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology

New Sounds
(1952)		 A Night at Birdland Vol. 1
(1954)
Max Roach chronology
New Sounds
(1952)		 The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley
(1953)
New Sounds
Compact Disc
Compilation album by Art Blakey's Messengers, James Moody and his Modernists
Released 1991
Recorded December 22, 1947; October 19 and 25, 1948
Genre Jazz
Length 41:27
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion, Michael Cuscuna
James Moody and his Modernists
Original 10" LP
James Moody chronology
James Moody and his Modernists
(1952)		 New Sounds
(1952)		 Moody
(1954)

New Sounds was originally a 10" LP compiling previously released 78 rpm records on the Blue Note label. A CD reissue with the same name and cover appeared in 1991, but while using many of the same personnel, had only two tracks in common with the original LP. It instead compiled a distinct James Moody 10" LP (James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006]) with the Art Blakey tracks and included several tracks previously unreleased on LP or any format. Conversely, the tracks omitted from the CD which were on the original LP have never been reissued.[1][2][3]

Background

In December 1947 Art Blakey formed a group for his first sessions as a leader. Dubbed "Art Blakey's Messengers", this group was a precursor to the famous Jazz Messengers groups of the next decade and beyond. Blakey had recently gone on a pilgrimage to Africa and adopted Islam. Many of his fellow musicians had adopted the religion as well, and the "Messengers" name was a nod to the message of the religion.[4] Five tracks were recorded during this session, four of which came out on 78s. Two of the tracks were on the original 10" LP, all five are on the CD.[3]

Three of the other four tracks on the original 10" LP were recorded by a group billed as the "Max Roach Quintet", recorded in Paris in May 1949. This group included James Moody and Kenny Dorham (who was also in Blakey's Messengers). The final track was recorded by a Moody-led group in Switzerland, in April 1949. These four tracks were originally released on three 78s.[1][2]

As noted above the previous four tracks were omitted from the CD and replaced by two different James Moody sessions which were previously released on the 10" LP James Moody and His Modernists (BLP 5006). This LP, too, was a compilation of records originally released as 78s. The New Sounds CD includes the entirety of these two sessions -- recorded October 19 and 25, 1948 -- including a previously unreleased alternate take of "The Fuller Bop Man."[3][1][5]

Reception

In his review of the CD version of New Sounds, Scott Yanow of AllMusic gave it four stars and called the recording "historically significant. Classic and formerly rare music."[5]

Tracklist

Original LP

Side A
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Prince Albert" ([lower-roman 1])Kenny Dorham 2:58
Side B
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Tomorrow" ([lower-roman 3])Talib Dawud 3:08

Compact Disc

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Fuller Bop Man [alternate take]" (previously unreleased)Gil Fuller 2:54
2. "The Fuller Bop Man" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 4])Musa Kaleem 3:05

Personnel

Art Blakey's Messengers

LP Tracks A3 and B3, CD tracks 10-14

Max Roach Quintet

LP tracks A1, A2, B1

James Moody Quartet

LP track B2

James Moody's Modernists

CD tracks 1-9

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN 1569[2]ey]]'s)Kenny Dorham, Max Roach 5:53 2. "Maximum" ([lower-roman 2])Kenny Dorham, Max Roach 3:25 3. "The Thin Man" ( records on the [[Blue Note Records|BlOriginally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN 545[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN 1570[2]
  3. ↑ Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN 1571[2] Blake)Kenny Dorham, Max Roach 6:08 2. "Just Moody" ([lower-roman 2])James Moody 2:58 3. "Bop Alley" (''''' was originally a 10" LP compilinOriginally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN 546[2]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN553[2]James )Gil Fuller 2:56 3. "Workshop" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 5])Musa Kaleem 2:15 14. "Musa's Vision" (note8 = previously released on '''''Ja
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN556[2] Note )Gil Fuller 3:15 4. "Oh Henry" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 6])Talib Dawud 3:08 12. "Bop Alley [alternate take]" (previously unreleased)Talib Dawud 3:06 13. "Groove Street" (ntic | length6 = 2:32 | writer6 = [[Ja
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN555[2]me="bl)Gil Fuller, Ernie Henry 2:30 5. "Moodamorphosis" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 7])Kenny Dorham 2:58 11. "Bop Alley" (ly released on Blue Note 78rpm BN553<r
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Originally released on Blue Note 78rpm BN554[2]which )Gil Fuller, Dave Burns 3:00 6. "Moody's All Frantic" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 5])James Moody, Gil Fuller 2:32 7. "Tropicana" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 4])Gil Fuller 3:00 8. "Cu-Ba" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 7])Cecil Payne 2;34 9. "Tin Tin Deo" (previously released on James Moody and his Modernists [BLP 5006][lower-roman 6])Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller 2:44 10. "The Thin Man" (ef name="bluenote_78"/>}} | writer3 =
  8. ↑ Billed under his original name -- "Howard Bowe" -- on the LP and CD
  9. ↑ Billed under his original name -- "Orlando Wright" -- on the LP

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Blue Note Records Catalog: 5000 series". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 "Blue Note Records Catalog: 78 rpm series". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Blue Note Records Discography: 1945-1950". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ edited by Edward E. Curtis, IV (2010). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American history. New York: Facts on File. p. 85. ISBN 1438130406. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yanow, Scott. "New Sounds". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.