Moon Faced and Starry Eyed
Studio album by Max Roach + 4
Released	1959
Recorded	October 9–10, 1959
Studio	Universal Recorders, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:36
Label	Mercury MG 20491
Producer	Hal Mooney
Max Roach chronology
Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (1959) Long as You're Living (1959)

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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. ^[2]

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)

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