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Trav'lin' Light

Anita O'Day

Recorded	Jan 1961
Label	Verve Records
Released	1961
Personnel	18 credited players
Discogs	master 377552

The record

Ben Webster's tenor and Kessel's guitar charts anchor a West Coast lineup built for warmth over flash, trombones thickening the arrangements underneath her. Cut at the top of her Verve prime, unhurried and full-bodied throughout.

Session personnel

Buddy Clark — bass
Mel Lewis — drums
Al Viola — guitar
Barney Kessel — leader, guitar
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Russ Freeman — piano
Chuck Gentry — saxophone
Joe Maini — saxophone
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
Dick Nash — trombone
Frank Rosolino — trombone
Lew McCreary — trombone
Stu Williamson — trombone
Al Porcino — trumpet
Don Fagerquist — trumpet
Jack Sheldon — trumpet
John Anderson — trumpet
Ray Triscari — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1961	Verve Records · V-2157 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1961	Verve Records — MONO
1961	Verve Records · V-2157 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Verve Records · V6-2157 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	His Master's Voice · CLP 1550 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1967	The World Record Club Limited · ST. 600 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1975	Verve Records · MV 2582 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
1983	Verve Records · 2304 584 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1994	Verve Records · V6-2157 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1998	Verve Records · POCJ-2651 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2007	Verve Records · UCCV-9290 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2012	WaxTime · 771786 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2017	Spiral Records (7) · 8105258 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, Repress, Stereo, 180 gram