Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Party Time

| Recorded | May 14, 1959 |
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| Label | Status Records |
| Catalog | 7165 |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 628934 |
The record
Bryant's bluesy piano and Barretto's congas give Cobb's tenor a loose, dance-floor lift -- jukebox-friendly proof he kept blowing hard well past his Hampton band days.
Session personnel
- Wendell Marshall — bass
- Ray Barretto — congas
- Art Taylor — drums
- Ray Bryant — piano
- Arnett Cobb — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1959 | Prestige · 7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp |
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| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue OJC |
| 2016 | Analogue Productions · APRJ 7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 200 Gram Kevin Gray remaster · deep groove |
| 2018 | Analogue Productions · CPRJ 7165 SA — SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Remastered Analogue Productions |
| 2022 | Analogue Productions · APRJ 7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo, 200g Analogue Productions |
| 2023 | Analogue Productions · APRJ 7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, 180g Analogue Productions |
| — | Status Records (2) · ST-7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Status Records (2) · ST-7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1959 | Prestige · 7165 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Esquire · 32-154 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1995 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-219-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2014 | Prestige · UCCO-90233 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
| — | Status Records — MONO |
Follow the players
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