Last Train from Overbrook explained

Last Train from Overbrook
Type:	Studio
Artist:	James Moody
Cover:	Last Train from Overbrook.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	September 7, 8 & 10, 1958 Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Argo LP 637
Producer:	Dave Usher
Chronology:	James Moody
Prev Title:	Moody's Mood for Love
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	James Moody
Next Year:	1959

Last Train from Overbrook is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by James Moody, except as indicated

1. "Last Train from Overbrook" - 2:55
2. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 2:35
3. "Why Don't You?" (Johnny Pate) - 2:18
4. "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) - 3:22
5. "Tico-Tico" (Jose Abreu) - 1:37
6. "There She Goes" - 2:18
7. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 2:03
8. "Brother Yusef" (Pate) - 3:04
9. "Yvonne" (Pate) - 3:35
10. "The Moody One" [false start] (Pate) - 0:45
11. "The Moody One" (Pate) - 2:38

Personnel

• James Moody - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Flip Ricard, Earl Turner, Sonny Cohn - trumpet
• Ethel Merker - French horn on "Last Train from Overbrook" ^[4]
• John Avant - trombone
• Bill Atkins, Lenny Druss - alto saxophone
• Vito Price, Sandy Mosse, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone
• Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone
• Junior Mance - piano
• Floyd Morris - piano^[4]
• Johnny Pate - bass
• John Gray - guitar
• Red Holt - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.varelasite.com.ar/moodydisco.htm James Moody discography
2. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965) accessed February 4, 2013
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/last-train-from-overbrook-mw0001882442 Allmusic Review
4. Liner notes by Frank London Brown, CADET LP637