Moon Faced and Starry Eyed explained

Moon Faced and Starry Eyed
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Max Roach + 4
Cover:	Moon Faced and Starry Eyed.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	October 9–10, 1959
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

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.^[1]

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/max-roach/catalog/#mercury-mg-20539 Max Roach discography