This excellent set (last available as a Classic Jazz LP) features Al Grey on two sessions in peak form. The trombonist is the lead voice in an octet for four numbers that also feature tenorman Hal Singer, and he joins forces with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest (they were both in Count Basie's band at the time) in a quintet also including pianist Tommy Flanagan for three other tunes. Grey wrote six of the seven numbers, all but one of which are blues. Grey and Forrest would soon leave Basie and team up on a regular basis until the tenor's death. Accessible and swinging music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
All Music Guide Review
Grey's Mood Track Listing
Credits of Grey's Mood
- Dominque Samarcq
- Engineer
- Chris Columbus
- Drums
- Gerhard Lehner
- Engineer
- Bobby Durham
- Drums
- Amaury Groc
- Digital Remastering
- Jeff Kresser
- English Translations
- Jean Marc Fritz
- Liner Notes, Graphic Design
- Jean Michel Proust
- Liner Notes, Graphic Design
- Patricia Kresser
- English Translations
- Stan Hunter
- Organ
- Michel Attenoux
- Sax (Alto)
- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Guitar
- Xavier Chambon
- Trumpet
- Chris Columbo
- Drums
- John Duke
- Bass
- Claude Gousset
- Trombone
- Tommy Flanagan
- Piano
- Jimmy Forrest
- Sax (Tenor)
- Al Grey
- Trombone, Main Performer
- Hal Singer
- Sax (Tenor)













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