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Our Delight

James Moody Format: Audio CD

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 3.58 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ IPO Recordings
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2008
Label ‏ : ‎ IPO Recordings
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001FQHQLE
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Joseph A. Arens

Something about Our Delight makes it a delight to listen to

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016

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Something about Our Delight makes it a delight to listen to. It's the perfect CD to kick back and relax to. I highly recommend it.

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Miguel Olivo

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015

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A ++

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Manuel Leifer

a delightful experience

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2011

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This CD is a compilation of jazz standards by two, now deceased, jazz icons. James Moody and Hank Jones truly complement each other with their propensities to create melodic masterpieces.

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Robert G. Rutkas

Like Fine Wine

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2009

I admit it. I'm a James Moody fan boy. I have tons of his albums going back to the late 50s. Believe me when I tell you that his fire burns brightly here. Just two notes out of his horn and you instantly recognize Brother Moody.

Please listen to Birk's Works. Amazing!

Listen to James' amazing flute rendition of "Old Folks". One of my all time favorites.

I play sax, and during open jam sessions, a game is played among the improvisers. It is called a "cutting contest". The aim is to out perform everyone else on the stand with your instrumental pyrotechnics. Well Moody carries a might axe here (no pun intended). This guy is fabulous. No one would stand a chance!

Hank Jones is has been putting it together forever. Now in his nineties, he is as formidable as ever. He has been the back bone of many significant small groups through the years. Fluid and melodic, his ability to swing is aptly demonstrated here.

This is an album you really should add to your collection.

Bob Rutkas

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An all-inclusive "our": dessert time

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2009

We venerate wealth and power but cursorily dismiss art. We would do well to heed the poet Shelley who, in "The Defense of Poetry," calls artists the unacknowledged legislators of the world, the only true lawmakers, the cartographers of the human heart, of all that is beautiful, lasting, immortal: they are the hierophants who take us out of the present moment, revealing past and future while making us aware of what it means to be truly free. They embody James Baldwin's message in "Sonny's Blues," a living mirror to each of us reflecting us to ourselves, revealing the creative potential that is the birthright of every human child. Musicians are poets who speak in a more universal, direct, authentic language: as the poet Robert Browning said, "'Tis musicians who know."

James Moody occupied the same bandstand as all of the other heroic prophets who comprised the company of saints at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase back in the '70s and '80s: Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, Lockjaw Davis, Zoot and Al, Stanley Turrentine, Clifford Jordan--just to name a few. And it was Moody--not Bird, Diz, Bud, Clifford Brown--who recorded an improvised solo on "I'm in the Mood for Love" in Sweden in 1949 that inspired the first of the vocalese transcriptions that would lead to the popularity of King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson, Lambert Hendricks Ross, Manhattan Transfer.

It was Hank Jones who preceded Oscar Peterson as "house pianist" for Norman Granz on the annual Jazz at the Philharmonic tours and, later, as the favorite accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald. If there were really such a thing as justice, both men would be household words in the country of their birth, commemorated by national holidays, consulted prior to all artistic endeavors, depicted on postage stamps, hired as advisors to the President in national educational initiatives.

To the tiny percentage of the population aware of these living giants, these two afford to us all an opportunity to give thanks for a lifetime well-spent by story-teller and listener alike. Moody is still at the top of his game and would sound better were it not for the incontrovertible fact that, in our culture, he's still required to show that he has something to prove. Hank Jones still has the fingers, the touch, the ear--slowed down by a nano-second in that flood of decisions that the improvising artist must make. The pedal is more in play and the tone, consequently, a bit "muddier" than it was in the past.

As the program shows, these two have decided not to relax in their senior hours, as they tackle the same challenging improvisational vehicles that distinguished their work in their salad days.

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Timothy W. Wolfe

Stellar!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2009

I received this album as a Christmas gift (thanks, son!). I am biased, as James Moody is one of my all time favorite jazz musicians. On this new release (IPO, 2008), James Moody (tenor sax and flute), Hank Jones (piano), Todd Coolman (bass), and Adam Nussbaum (drums) swing as hard as possible. Moody's playing is fresh and full of fire; at almost 84-years-old, he shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.

Hank Jones, age 90, is also in fine form. His comping seems perfect, while his soloing is as inspiring as ever. Like Moody, Jones shows no sign of declining skill or energy.

The rest of the group, Coolman and Nussbaum, plays at a consistently high level. These four jazz cats are truly world class and a joy to hear.

While all 12 tracks are wonderful, my favorite is Body and Soul. While this tune has been recorded countless times, Moody makes it sound brand new.

If you truly love jazz at its finest, this album is a must for your collection.

I give this album 5 stars!

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Charles Liles

vintage and very satisfactory

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2009

Just exactly what I expected when I ordered this CD. Both Moody and Hank performed up to their respective levels. Happy am I.

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J Cools

JIM HAS NOT AGED WELL, UNFORTUNATELY.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2012

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This wonderful musician didn't do it for me on this Album, unfortunately. The years have caught up with him I'm afraid. Try to get some earlier performances when he was playing at his Peak.

mitchum

this 4 is the best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2013

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Having been little commited on Moody, Hank Jones ups the ante and shews how genius can add spice to the mix.

G. Pechura

Zwei Altmeister

Reviewed in Germany on July 7, 2009

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2006 kamen zwei Altmeister des Jazz zusammen, um diese CD aufzunehmen: James Moody, Saxophonist und Flötist, Weggefährte Dizzy Gillespie's, und Hank Jones, Pianist, Begleiter fast aller Größen des Jazz seit 50 Jahren. Ergänzt vom Bassisten Todd Coolman und dem Drummer Alan Nussbaum spielen sie hier eine Mixtur aus Titeln von Dizzy Gillespie und Tadd Dameron, erweitert um ein paar Standards und Originals. Moody spielt fast ausschließlich Tenorsaxophon, auf zwei Stücken ("Darben the Red Fox" und "Old Folks") wechselt er zur Flöte, "Old Folks" als fl-p Duett ist besonders hübsch. Mein Favorit ist allerdings die Ballade "Soul Trane", wunderbar gefühlvoll geblasen. Auf dem letzten Titel, Jimmy Heath's "Moody's Groove", kommt Roberta Gamabarini zu den beiden alten Herren dazu und swingt und scattet die Nummer, dass es eine Pracht ist.

Ein später Klassiker, über jeden Zweifel erhaben, wie ihn nur die Ruhe und Konzentration zweier Jazz-Giganten hervorbringen kann.

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