''Hi Fi Party'' is an album by saxophonist
James Moody recorded in 1955 and released on the
Prestige label.
Prestige Records discography
accessed February 1, 2013 The CD reissue added a bonus track which originally appeared on '' James Moody's Moods''.
Reception
Scott Yanow, in a review for AllMusic
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, stated: "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".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
February 1, 2013
Track listing
# " There Will Never Be Another You" ( Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:49
# " Hard to Get" ( Jack Segal) - 4:03
# "Disappointed" (Eddie Jefferson) - 6:19
# "Big Ben" ( Benny Golson) - 4:16
# "Show Eyes" (John Adriano Acea
John Adriano Acea (September 11, 1917 – July 25, 1963) was an American jazz pianist. He was born in Philadelphia to Adriano Acea of Cuba and Leona Acea of Virginia. One of six children, he was expected to die during his first decade of life ...
) - 4:22
# "Little John" (John Latham) - 4:20
# "And You Called My Name" (Golson) - 4:10
# "Little Ricky" (Acea) - 3:54
# "Jammin' with James" (Dave Burns, James Moody) - 11:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
* James Moody - tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...
, alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...
* Dave Burns - trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...
*William Shepherd - trombone
The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
* Pee Wee Moore - baritone saxophone
*Jimmy Boyd - piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
*John Latham - bass
* Clarence Johnston - drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
* Eddie Jefferson - vocal (out chorus track 3)
Production
*Bob Weinstock - supervisor
* Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
References
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James Moody (saxophonist) albums
1956 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Weinstock
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums recorded in a home studio