Great Day (album)

Great Day (also released as The Great Day) is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1963 and released on the Argo label.[1][2][3] It was supervised by Esmond Edwards who also did the cover painting.

Great Day
Studio album by James Moody
Released	1963
Recorded	June 17 & 18, 1963 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Argo LP 725
Producer	Esmond Edwards
James Moody chronology
Another Bag (1962) Great Day (1963) Comin' On Strong (1963)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

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".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Tom McIntosh except as indicated

1. "Great Day" - 4:00
2. "The Search" - 4:35
3. "Let's Try" - 3:22
4. "One Never Knows" (John Lewis) - 5:18
5. "Opales'que" (Dennis Sandole) - 5:01
6. "Blues Impromptu" (James Moody) - 5:30
7. "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

References

1. James Moody discography Archived 2016-01-17 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 6, 2013
2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed February 6, 2013
3. James Moody discography accessed February 6, 2013
4. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review, February 6, 2013