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In A Jazz Orbit

Bill Holman

Recorded	1958
Label	Andex
Released	1958
Personnel	17 credited players
Discogs	master 301527

The record

Andex caught Holman's pen at its most angular here, setting a saxophone lineup of Mariano, Geller and Kennedy against Fontana and Rosolino's trombones. The charts explain why other bandleaders kept hiring him to write for their own dates.

Session personnel

Bill Holman — arranged by, producer, conductor, saxophone
Buddy Clark — bass
Mel Lewis — drums
Victor Feldman — piano
Bill Hood — saxophone
Charlie Kennedy — saxophone
Charlie Mariano — saxophone
Herb Geller — saxophone
Richie Kamuca — saxophone
Carl Fontana — trombone
Frank Rosolino — trombone
Ray Sims — trombone
Al Porcino — trumpet
Conte Candoli — trumpet
Ed Leddy — trumpet
Jack Sheldon — trumpet
Stu Williamson — 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 16 pressings on file.

1958	Andex · A 3004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1959	Andex · A-3004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1958	Andex · S 3004 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	His Master's Voice · CLP 1289 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Electrola · E 41 255 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Promo
1977	Baybridge Records · ULS-6115-B — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1982	Baybridge Records · UPS-2170-B — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1985	Baybridge Records · 30CP-20 — CD, Album, Reissue
1987	Andex
1987	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #25CD — CD, Album, Reissue
1989	Tofrec · TFJL-38002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1990	Andex · VPCL-85074 — CD, Album, Reissue
1995	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #25CD — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2016	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #25CD — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo