Oscar Brown, Jr. - In A New Mood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:06
Size: 78.1 MB
Styles: Jazz, Funk, Soul
Year: 1962/1988
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Where Or When
[2:42] 2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
[3:41] 3. Mood Indigo
[2:47] 4. Please Send Me Someone To Love
[2:32] 5. Hey There
[3:45] 6. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
[2:19] 7. Sixteen Tons
[3:32] 8. God Bless The Child
[2:38] 9. Work Song
[3:12] 10. Go Down Moses
[2:27] 11. It Ain't Necessarily So
[1:49] 12. Straighten Up And Fly Right

Oscar Brown, Jr.'s third recording features the brilliant lyricist/singer performing a dozen standards. Surprisingly, his only writing contribution is the words to "Work Song," easily the most notable performance on this otherwise so-so date. Brown is backed by an unidentified orchestra (only trumpeter Joe Newman, who pops up briefly a few times, is distinctive) on tunes mostly arranged in somewhat anonymous fashion by Ralph Burns. Brown's voice is fine on such numbers as "Where or When," "Mood Indigo," "One for My Baby" and "Straighten Up and Fly Right," but he adds little fresh and new to the material. This is one of his lesser efforts. ~Scott Yanow

In A New Mood

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