78 RPM - King Pleasure - Moody Mood For Love / Exclamation Blues - Prestige - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	King Pleasure
Label:	Prestige
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	924
Date:	Mar 1952
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	7 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	King Pleasure	Moody Mood For Love		8.0 Rate
B	King Pleasure	Exclamation Blues	Pleasure	10.0 Rate

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Recorded February 19, 1952, New York, NY.
King Pleasure, Vocal with Teacho And Band:
Merrill Stepter (trumpet); Lem Davis (alto sax); Ray Abrams (tenor sax); Cecil Payne (baritone sax); Teacho Wiltshire (piano); Leonard Gaskin (bass); Teddy Lee (drums).
Additional vocal on A-side: Blossom Dearie.

BB #2 R&B - Moody Mood For Love

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fixbutte 18th Jul 2016		The original contributor had somehow misread the record labels which say "King Pleasure, Vocal with Teacho and Band" as "King Pleasure, Vocals by Teacho and Band". As suggested by chippe01, the correct personnel is (see Wikipedia and jazzdisco.org): 1952: "Moody Mood For Love" // "Exclamation Blues" (Prestige 924) – Merrill Stepter (trumpet); Lem Davis (alto sax); Ray Abrams (tenor sax); Cecil Payne (baritone sax); Teacho Wiltshire (piano); Leonard Gaskin (bass); Teddy Lee (drums); King Pleasure (vocals); Blossom Dearie (vocals) – NYC, February 19 Apart from the fact that King Pleasure (born Clarence Beeks) was a jazz vocalist, you can hear the additional female vocal by Blossom Dearie (on the A-side only) on the linked YouTube video of "Moody Mood For Love". As said there, this vocalese treatment of James Moody's improvisation to the 1935 standard "I'm In The Mood For Love," with lyrics by Eddie Jefferson, spent four months on Billboard's singles charts, peaking at #2 on the R&B rankings.. Record notes have been adjusted accordingly.



BigBadBluesMan 8th Nov 2015



BigBadBluesMan 8th Nov 2015