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Blue Note

A Night At Birdland, Vol. 2

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Recorded1954
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 5038
Released1954
Personnel9 credited players
Discogsmaster 1295888

The record

Clifford Brown and Lou Donaldson across the front line, Horace Silver at the piano, Curly Russell on bass, Blakey pushing all of it. Just three titles fill the ten-inch -- 'Wee-Dot,' 'Mayreh' and 'A Night In Tunisia' -- taken at Birdland. Blue Note BLP 5038, 1954. John Hermansader designed the cover, Francis Wolff took the photographs, Leonard Feather wrote the notes.

Tracks

  1. Wee-Dot
  2. Mayreh
  3. A Night In Tunisia

Session personnel

  • Lou Donaldson — Alto Saxophone
  • Curly Russell — Bass
  • John Hermansader — Design [Cover]
  • Art Blakey — Drums
  • Leonard Feather — Liner Notes
  • Francis Wolff — Photography By [Photos]
  • Horace Silver — Piano
  • Clifford Brown — Trumpet
  • Art Blakey Quintet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1954Blue Note · BLP 5038 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono, 1st press earliest on file · deep groove
2008Blue Note · TOCJ-7082 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp
1954Blue Note · BLP 5038 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono
1999Blue Note · TOJJ-5038 — Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1999Blue Note · TOJJ-5038 — Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Mono

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