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
- "You're Mine, You" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) – 2:46
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3:18
- "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 3:17
- "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 2:50
- "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 4:51
- "Moon Faced, Starry Eyed" (Weill, Langston Hughes) – 2:55
- "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:04
- "Namely You" (Gene de Paul, Mercer) – 2:48
- "Never Leave Me" (Gordon Jenkins) – 5:44
Personnel
- Max Roach – drums
- Tommy Turrentine – trumpet (tracks 2, 5 & 9)
- Julian Priester – trombone (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9)
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 5, 8 & 9)
- Ray Bryant – piano
- Bob Boswell – bass
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals (tracks 5 & 9)
References
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