Prestige session · in the studio
January 28, 1955
James Moody And His Band
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
- This day's music is on 2 records: Moody, James Moody's Moods
In the room
- James Moody – tenor, alto sax
- Dave Burns – trumpet
- William Shepherd – trombone
- Pee Wee Moore – baritone sax
- Eddie Jefferson – vocal
- Jimmy Boyd – piano
- John Lathan – bass
- Clarence Johnson – drums
The takes
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 687 | Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen | PRLP 7072 |
| 688 | I Got The Blues | PRLP 7056 |
| 689 | Blue Walk | PRLP 7056 |
| 690 | Faster James | PRLP 7056 |
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
PRLP 7072 · 1957MoodyJames Moody And His Band
PRLP 7056 · 1956James Moody's MoodsJames Moody And His BandTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7011 | Hi Fi Party | James Moody | 1955 | James Moody, Dave Burns, William Shepherd, Pee Wee Moore, Eddie Jefferson, Jimmy Boyd, John Lathan, Clarence Johnson |
7 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 7036 | Wail Moody Wail | James Moody And His Band | 1956 | James Moody, Dave Burns, William Shepherd, Pee Wee Moore, Jimmy Boyd, John Lathan, Clarence Johnson |
2 of them 1 album
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | BLP 5006 | James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo · not on the site yet | James Moody And His Bop Men | 1952 | James Moody, Dave Burns |