title: Mood for the Blues
text: # Mood for the Blues
  
  Mood for the Blues is a 1960 album by saxophonist Plas Johnson.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The initial Billboard magazine review from February 6, 1961 commenting that "The indomitable tenor stylist performs in front of a full bank of strings and with a robust rhythm section on this set of lushy blues standards."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" (Joe Greene)
  * "One Mint Julep" (Rudy Toombs)
  * "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
  * "Blues In My Heart" (Benny Carter, Irving Mills)
  * "I've Got a Right to Cry"
  * "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield)
  * "Tanya"
  * "Fool That I Am"
  * "Chloe"
  * "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson)
  * "A Mood for the Blues"
  * "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
  * Ray Johnson – piano
  * Ernie Freeman – Hammond B-3 organ
  * Rene Hall, Bill Pitman – guitar
  * Red Callender – double bass
  * Earl Palmer – drums
  * Unknown strings
  * Gerald Wilson, René Hall – arranger
  