Contemporary Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Poll Winners
| Recorded | Mar 18-19, 1957 |
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| Label | Contemporary Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 211089 |
The record
Three poll-topping players work as a unit here, not a summit meeting, favoring taste over flash across a set of standards. Few Contemporary dates sound this unhurried.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Shelly Manne — drums
- Barney Kessel — guitar
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
We hold no original-era Contemporary LP for this title. The earliest pressing on file is Original Jazz Classics OJC-156, a 1984 US stereo reissue, and France issued the same record on Contemporary as 68.623 in 1985. Contemporary went back to it for a 2014 European 180 gram OJC-156 and a 2015 US stereo numbered S7535. Any of those is a reasonable buy; the original simply is not in our data.
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-156 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1985 | Contemporary Records · 68.623 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue OJC |
| 1985 | Contemporary Records · 68.623 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing OJC |
| 2015 | Contemporary Records · S7535 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC |
| 1974 | Contemporary Records — STEREO |
| 2002 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC20 156-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2014 | Contemporary Records · OJC-156 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 grams |
| 2022 | Craft Recordings — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 24-Bit/96 kHz |
| — | Contemporary Records · CEP 4104 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono |
| — | London Records · LY-1011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| — | Contemporary Records · C-7535 — Cassette, Album, Remastered, CrO2 |
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