James Moody

Contains the complete albums Running the Gamut and Great Day, which have never been previously released on CD!
The latter album includes the fi rst recorded collaboration between Thad Jones and Mel Lewis and is presented here with the correct information for the fi rst time ever!
Includes 16-page comprehensive booklet!

Tracklist:
Buster’s Last Stand / Painting the Town Red / Em Prean Shore / Capers / If You Grin (You’re In) / Wayward Plaint / Figurine/ Great Day / Search / Let’s Try / One Never Knows Opalesque / Impromptu / Malice Toward None

14 tracks - 69:07

James Moody (fl , as, ts) & Thad Jones (tp) on all tracks, plus: 1-7: Running the Gamut: Patti Bown (p), Reggie Workman (b), Albert "Tootie" Heath (d). New York, August 1 & 4, 1964

8-14: Great Day: Johnny Coles (tp), Hubert Leighton (p), Jim Hall (g), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Tom McIntosh (arr, cond). New York, June 17 & 18, 1963.