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Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Uptown

Uptown cover
RecordedFeb 4, 1960
LabelRiverside Records
Released1960
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 838354

The record

Riverside sets Taylor's working trio loose on urbane, brisk material, Grimes and Mosca answering his lines with the same easy confidence heard on the Surrey sessions from weeks earlier. Late-night piano jazz, polished without being fussy.

Session personnel

  • Henry Grimes — bass
  • Ray Mosca — drums
  • Billy Taylor — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1960Riverside Records · RLP 12-319 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1960Riverside Records — STEREO
1992Riverside Records · WWLJ-7053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1997Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-1901-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Follow the players

Henry Grimes also plays on

Ray Mosca also plays on

Billy Taylor also plays on