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MOOD INDIGO | FRANK MORGAN

Mood Indigo is an album recorded by saxophonist Frank Morgan on June 26 & 27, 1989. It was released on the Antilles label. It was recorded at RCA Recording Studios, Studio C in New York City.

The altoist contributed two compositions among the twelve he selected among the array of standards by the best in the business. Being members of the quintet that Morgan put together for this date, Cables and Williams were also invited to contribute one song each.

Morgan chose not to drag out the album with lengthy solos, rather opting to deliver an honest and sensitive interpretation of these popular songs. This approach kept the album under an hour.

SONGS | 49:03

  1. Lullaby (George Cables) – 1:29
  2. This Love Of Mine (Hank Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra) – 6:36
  3. In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) – 4:18
  4. Bessie’s Blues (John Coltrane) – 8:59
  5. A Moment Alone (Buster Williams) – 1:46
  6. Mood Indigo” (Ellington) – 5:59
  7. Up Jumped Spring (Freddie Hubbard) – 4:58
  8. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:29
  9. We Three Blues (Frank Morgan) – 6:55
  10. ‘Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) – 6:55
  11.  Lullaby (Cables) – 1:36
  12.  Gratitude (Morgan) – 0:35

THE BAND

  • Frank Morgan – alto saxophone, voice (tracks 1–4 & 6–12)
  • Wynton Marsalis – trumpet (tracks 4 & 6)
  • George Cables (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 & 11), Ronnie Mathews (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7) – piano
  • Buster Williams (tracks 2, 4–7, 9 & 10) – bass
  • Al Foster (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 9 & 10) – drums

PRODUCTION

  • John Snyder – producer
  • Joe Lopes – engineer

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