Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Waiter, Make Mine Blues
| Recorded | Aug 1 & Oct 7, 1960 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 2 credited players |
| Discogs | master 714007 |
The record
Kessel's guitar and Bud Shank's sax and flute trade light, airy figures behind her here, a change of pace from the big-band belting elsewhere in her catalogue. Verve's cool-toned regulars frame her with unusual delicacy.
Session personnel
- Barney Kessel — guitar
- Bud Shank — saxophone, flute
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Verve Records · MG V-2145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1960 | Verve Records · MG VS 62145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1960 | Verve Records · MG V-2145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Verve Records · MG VS 62145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-2145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG VS 62145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1961 | Verve Records · MG V-2145 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Verve Records · VLS-1047 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1980 | Verve Records · MV 2693 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | Verve Records · MV 2693 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Verve Records — STEREO |
| 1998 | Verve Records · POCJ-2652 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2007 | Verve Records · UCCV-9288 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono, Papersleeve |
| 2007 | Verve Records · UCCU-9344 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
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