Last Train from Overbrook
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{{Infobox album
| name = Last Train from Overbrook
| type = Studio
| artist = James Moody
| cover = Last Train from Overbrook.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = September 7, 8 & 10, 1958
Chicago
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Argo
LP 637
| producer = Dave Usher
| chronology = James Moody
| prev_title = Moody's Mood for Love
| prev_year = 1956
| next_title = James Moody
| next_year = 1959
}}
Last Train from Overbrook is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label.[http://www.varelasite.com.ar/moodydisco.htm James Moody discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117071502/http://www.varelasite.com.ar/moodydisco.htm |date=2016-01-17 }} accessed February 4, 2013Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/chess/argo600.html Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965)] accessed February 4, 2013 The album name and title track are a reference to Moody`s five month stay in Overbrook Asylum where he recuperated from alcoholism and mental health issues. The album was recorded shortly following his discharge.{{cite AV Media notes |last1=Usher |first1=Dave|last2=Brown |first2=Frank London |author-link2= Frank London Brown |title=Last Train From Overbrook |title-link=Last Train from Overbrook |type=Liner notes |others=Moody, James |publication-place=Chicago |publisher=Argo Record Corp |date=September 1958 |id=Argo LP 637-S }}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/last-train-from-overbrook-mw0001882442 Allmusic Review], February 4, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by James Moody, except as indicated
- "Last Train from Overbrook" - 2:55
- "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:35
- "Why Don't You?" (Johnny Pate) - 2:18
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 3:22
- "Tico-Tico" (Jose Abreu) - 1:37
- "There She Goes" - 2:18
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:03
- "Brother Yusef" (Pate) - 3:04
- "Yvonne" (Pate) - 3:35
- "The Moody One" [false start] (Pate) - 0:45
- "The Moody One" (Pate) - 2:38
Personnel
- James Moody - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Flip Ricard, Earl Turner, Sonny Cohn - trumpet
- Ethel Merker - French horn on "Last Train from Overbrook" Liner notes by Frank London Brown, CADET LP637
- John Avant - trombone
- Bill Atkins, Lenny Druss - alto saxophone
- Vito Price, Sandy Mosse, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
- Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
- Junior Mance - piano
- Floyd Morris - piano
- Johnny Pate - bass
- John Gray - guitar
- Red Holt - drums
References
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