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3 Blind Mice

3 Blind Mice cover
RecordedMar 1962
LabelSolid State Records
Released1962
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 247974

The record

Recorded live with Hubbard, Fuller and Shorter stretching out over Cedar Walton's slinky arrangements, this set turned into an after-hours favorite for players studying the band's toughest edition.

Session personnel

  • Jymie Merritt — bass
  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Cedar Walton — piano
  • Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller — trombone
  • Freddie Hubbard — trumpet

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 47 pressings on file.

1962United Artists Jazz · UAJ 14002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, DG side 1 earliest on file · deep groove (one side)
1962United Artists Jazz · UAJ 14002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962United Artists Jazz · 69 011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1962United Artists Jazz · 69 011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962United Artists Jazz · UAJS 15002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Bridgeport Pressing
1962United Artists Records · UA 485 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
1962United Artists Records · UA 485 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
1962United Artists Records · 38 012 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1962United Artists Jazz · UAJ 14002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962United Artists Jazz · UAS-1026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962United Artists Jazz · UAJS 15002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962United Artists Jazz · UA-1026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962United Artists Jazz · PSS-3 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962United Artists Records · UA 485 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo

Follow the players

Jymie Merritt also plays on

Art Blakey also plays on

Cedar Walton also plays on

Wayne Shorter also plays on