Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
A Night At Birdland Volume 1
| Recorded | Feb 21, 1954 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1521 |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 259211 |
The record
Cut before the group carried its own name, this Birdland set catches Clifford Brown's horn flaring against Donaldson and Silver while Blakey whips the crowd into a frenzy.
Session personnel
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Curly Russell — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Horace Silver — piano
- Clifford Brown — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 85 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
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| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono, Lexington · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
| 1958 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono, Crossover pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono, Crossover Pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Repress, Mono, Crossover · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1964 | Blue Note · BLP 1521 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 81521 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Division Of Liberty Records · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
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