MOODY JAMES - CD IN THE BEGINNING

Popis - IN THE BEGINNING:
James Moody, who had departed from the Gillespie reed section in 1947 and joined the Howard McGhee combo of which Milt Jackson was also a member, left the U.S. in '48 to investigate the European scene on his own. A family member living in Paris in the Trocadero neighborhood took him in. In May of 1949 the Miles Davis - Tadd Dameron Quintet recruited Moody as its tenorman for the Paris International Jazz Festival, the grandfather of all jazz festivals (if Newport is considered the father). The 15th was the final day of the festival; both the Charlie Parker quintet and the Davis-Dameron quintet played, but the Parker group went into the studio. In place of Parker's alto was Moody's tenor. Not only does Max Roach appear with this group, but Kenny Dorham joins them on trumpet, Tommy Potter on bass, and Al Haig on piano. The second half is all Moody, recorded at concerts in Switzerland, with excellent if less well-known musicians. This album is a real gem, one no collection should be without.