Tenor saxophonist James Moody was already playing with Dizzy Gillespie in the early days of bebop. He is now 71 years old, has been in the music profession for 50 years and still makes excellent recordings. Moody plays very catchy, melodic jazz on "Young at heart". The ten tracks, such as the title track, "Love and marriage", "Only the lonely", "The song is you", "It was a very good year" and "A
… nightingale sang in Berkeley Square", are all tracks with became known by Frank Sinatra in particular. Moody was accompanied by Mulgrew Miller (piano), Larry Goldings (piano), Todd Coolman (bass), Billy Drummond (drums) and on four songs he was accompanied by an orchestra and on three songs by a wind section with Slide Hampton and Frank among others. Wess. Leadership, arrangements and production were in the hands of Gil Goldstein. _more
