Moon Faced and Starry Eyed

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{{Infobox album

| name = Moon Faced and Starry Eyed

| type = Studio

| artist = Max Roach + 4

| cover = Moon Faced and Starry Eyed.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1959

| recorded = October 9–10, 1959

| venue =

| studio = Universal Recorders, Chicago

| genre = Jazz

| length = 33:36

| label = Mercury
MG 20491

| producer = Hal Mooney

| chronology = Max Roach

| prev_title = Quiet as It's Kept

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Long as You're Living

| next_year = 1959

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/moon-faced-and-starry-eyed-mw0001173788 Allmusic Rating] accessed September 21, 2012

}}

Moon Faced and Starry Eyed is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach, featuring vocalist Abbey Lincoln on two tracks, recorded in 1959 and released on the Mercury label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#mercury-mg-20539 Max Roach discography] accessed September 21, 2012

Track listing

  1. "You're Mine, You" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) – 2:46
  2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3:18
  3. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 3:17
  4. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 2:50
  5. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 4:51
  6. "Moon Faced, Starry Eyed" (Weill, Langston Hughes) – 2:55
  7. "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:04
  8. "Namely You" (Gene de Paul, Mercer) – 2:48
  9. "Never Leave Me" (Gordon Jenkins) – 5:44

Personnel

References

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Category:1959 albums

Category:Max Roach albums

Category:Mercury Records albums