The Red Garland Trio & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Moodsville, Volume 1
Red Garland – piano [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Red Garland]
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis – tenor saxophone (A1, A4, B1)
Sam Jones – bass
Arthur Taylor – drums
Written by Carl Fischer & Frankie Laine (A1), Victor Young & Ned Washington (A2), Ted Grouya & Jerrie Kruger (A3), Einar Aaron Swan (B1), Nicholas Brodszky & Sammy Cahn (B2), Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (B3), Red Garland (B4)
1 LP, tip-on standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Acoustic Sounds - Moodsville Series
Original Label : Moodsville (Prestige)
Recorded December 11, 1959 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Supervised by Esmond Edwards
Liner notes by Ron Eyre
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in 2026
Tracks:
Side A :
- We'll Be Together Again
- Stella By Starlight
- I Heard You Cried Last Night
- Softly Baby
Side B :
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Wonder Why
- Blue Room
- The Red Blues
Reviews :
“In the late 1950s, Prestige started a new subsidiary (Moodsville) that was designed to provide mood music for courting couples. The emphasis on this release, The Moodsville, Vol. 1, is on ballads, matching pianist Red Garland, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Art Taylor with guest tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on three of the eight tunes. Due to the overly relaxed nature of much of this music and the lack of variety, this is not one of the more essential Red Garland sets, but it is still generally enjoyable. Highlights include "We'll Be Together Again," "When Your Lover Has Gone," and "Blue Room."” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.61 / 5