Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Just Coolin'

| Recorded | Mar 8, 1959 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1773020 |
The record
Recorded just months before Moanin' made this exact lineup famous, this session sat vaulted for decades -- a snapshot of Mobley and Morgan locking in with Timmons' funky-soul piano before the classic album crystallized their sound.
Session personnel
- Jymie Merritt — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 2020 | Blue Note · ST-64201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, Stereo, Gold / Red Swirl, 180g earliest on file · RVG stamp |
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| 2020 | Blue Note · B003164102 — CD, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2020 | Blue Note · B003164102 — CD, Album, Stereo, Gatefold CD sleeve · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| — | Blue Note · 00602508650222 — CD, Album, Stereo, Gatefold CD sleeve · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 2020 | Blue Note — STEREO |
| 2020 | Blue Note · UCCQ-1123 — CD, Album, Stereo, SHM-CD |
| 2020 | Blue Note · 00602508650222 — CD, Album, Remastered, Stereo, Digipack |
| 2020 | Blue Note — File, AIFF, Album, 24-bit, 192 kHz |
| 2020 | Blue Note · 00602508650239 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 2020 | Blue Note · UCGQ-9027 — SACD, Album, SHM |
| 2020 | Blue Note · B0031642-01 A2/B2 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Stereo |
| 2020 | Blue Note · UCCQ-1123 — CD, Album, Promo, Stereo, SHM-CD |
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