Great Day (also released as The Great Day) is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1963 and released on the Argo label.James Moody discography accessed February 6, 2013Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed February 6, 2013James Moody discography accessed February 6, 2013 It was supervised by Esmond Edwards who also did the cover painting.
Reception
Ron Wynn of Allmusic states: "Some good, sometimes excellent sax and flute work from the always reliable James Moody. This was a period in which he was dabbling sometimes in soul jazz and other times in hard bop, but mostly played mainstream, straight-ahead originals, standards, and ballads".Wynn, R. Allmusic Review, February 6, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Tom McIntosh, except as indicated "Great Day" - 4:00 "The Search" - 4:35 "Let's Try" - 3:22 "One Never Knows" (John Lewis) - 5:18 "Opales'que" (Dennis Sandole) - 5:01 "Blues Impromptu" (James Moody) - 5:30 "Malice Toward None" - 5:20
Personnel James Moody - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute Johnny Coles, Thad Jones- trumpet Hubert Laws - flute Hank Jones, Bernie Leighton - piano Jim Hall - guitar Richard Davis - bass Mel Lewis - drums Tom McIntosh - arranger, conductor
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