World Pacific Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
A Gasser!
| Recorded | Mar 1959 |
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| Label | World Pacific Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 398094 |
The record
Cut for World Pacific in 1959 with a West Coast dream team -- Zoot Sims and Bill Perkins trading tenors, Jim Hall and Billy Bean on guitars -- this finds the Lambert, Hendricks & Ross vocalist stepping out solo with cool, swinging assurance.
Session personnel
- Monty Budwig — bass
- Frank Capp — drums
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Billy Bean — guitar
- Jim Hall — guitar
- Russ Freeman — piano
- Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims — tenor saxophone
- Annie Ross — vocals
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 24 pressings on file.
| 1959 | World Pacific Records · STEREO-1285 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1959 | World Pacific Records — MONO |
| 1959 | World Pacific Records · WP-1285 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | World Pacific Records · WPTC-1014 — Reel-To-Reel, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1959 | World Pacific Records · PFJ-5048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Vogue Records · LAE 12233 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Light Music Club · LM 81 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono |
| 1961 | Light Music Club · EL.83 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono |
| 1976 | Liberty · LLJ-60015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1976 | Liberty · LLJ-60015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1980 | Pacific Jazz · ST-1285 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1980 | World Pacific Records · GXH 3509 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1985 | World Pacific Records · WP-1285 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1985 | World Pacific Records · PAJ-70225 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Monty Budwig also plays on
Frank Capp also plays on
Mel Lewis also plays on