Media Condition : Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Format  : CD, Comp, Mono
Genre    : Jazz
Style      : Bop
Label     : Blue Note
Country : Japan
Released: 23 Aug 1989

Notes:

Recorded at WOR Studios, New York City on December 27, 1947 (tracks 1 to 5).
Recorded on October 19, 1948 at Apex Studios, New York City (tracks 6 to 10).
Recorded on October 25, 1948 at Apex Studios, New York City (tracks 11 to 14).

In jewel case with obi. Four page cover/insert includes "Discographical Data" (wherein Moody's band is named "James Moody And His Bop Men (Modernists)"). A fold out insert includes Shoichi Yui's liner notes in Japanese backed by Michael Cuscuna's in English.

Track List:

1. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Thin Man 2:59
2. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Bop Alley 3:09
3. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Bop Alley (Alternate Take) 3:06
4. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Groove Street 2:58
5. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Musa's Vision 3:06
6. James Moody And His Modernists - The Fuller Bop Man (Alternate Take) 2:55
7. James Moody And His Modernists - The Fuller Bop Man 2:57
8. James Moody And His Modernists - Workshop 3:16
9. James Moody And His Modernists - Oh, Henry 2:29
10. James Moody And His Modernists - Moodamorphosis 3:00
11. James Moody And His Modernists - Tropicana 3:00
12. James Moody And His Modernists - Cu-Ba 2:33
13. James Moody And His Modernists - Moody's All Frantic 2:33
14. James Moody And His Modernists - Tin Tin Deo 2:45