Savoy Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
American Jazzmen Play Andre Hodeir's Essais
| Recorded | Mar 1957 |
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| Label | Savoy Records |
| Catalog | MG 12104 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
| Discogs | master 995033 |
The record
A New York session gathers Byrd, Jaspar, McKusick and Rehak to tackle the French composer's dense Essais charts, Annie Ross's voice weaving through the horns like an extra reed. Academic on paper, but the band makes it move.
Session personnel
- Hal McKusick — alto saxophone, bass clarinet
- Jay Cameron — baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- George Duvivier — bass
- Bobby Donaldson — drums
- Bobby Jaspar — tenor saxophone, flute
- Frank Rehak — trombone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
- Idrees Sulieman — trumpet
- Eddie Costa — vibraphone
- Annie Ross — voice [voice obligatto]
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1987 | Savoy Records · SJL 1194 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue earliest on file |
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| 1957 | Savoy Records |
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