Mood for the Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mood for the Blues
| type = album
| artist = Plas Johnson
| cover =Mood for the Blues.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded = May 18, June 21 and 27, 1960
| venue =
| studio = Capitol (Hollywood)
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Capitol T1503
| producer =
| chronology = Plas Johnson
| prev_title = This Must Be the Plas
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = The Blues
| next_year = 1975
}}
Mood for the Blues is a 1960 album by saxophonist Plas Johnson.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Plas-Johnson-Mood-For-The-Blues/release/7135616|title=Plas Johnson - Mood for the Blues at discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}
Reception
The initial Billboard magazine review from February 6, 1961 commenting that "The indomitable tenor stylist performs in front of a full bank of strings and with a robust rhythm section on this set of lushy blues standards."{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiEEAAAAMBAJ |date=6 February 1961 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=38 |issn=0006-2510}}
Track listing
- "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (Joe Greene)
- "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs)
- "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
- "Blues In My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills)
- "I've Got a Right to Cry"
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield)
- "Tanya"
- "Fool That I Am"
- "Chloe"
- "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson)
- "A Mood for the Blues"
- "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose)
Personnel
- Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
- Ray Johnson – piano
- Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
- Rene Hall, Bill Pitman – guitar
- Red Callender – double bass
- Earl Palmer – drums
- Unknown strings
- Gerald Wilson, René Hall – arranger