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The Kicker

| Recorded | Dec 29, 1963 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 336467 |
The record
A December 1963 date that waited over ten years for release, pairing Joe Henderson's tenor and Grant Green's guitar with Duke Pearson's blues-rooted tunes. Early Hutcherson working a soulful, front-line-heavy hard bop lineup.
Session personnel
- Bob Cranshaw — bass
- Al Harewood — drums
- Grant Green — guitar
- Duke Pearson — piano
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
- Bobby Hutcherson — vibraphone [vibes]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
We hold no pressing data for this title at all -- not one LP row, original or reissue, and no catalog number we can stand behind. Nothing on this page should be read as a claim that an original-era copy is out there waiting. If you find one, verify the label, catalog number and deadwax yourself before you spend, because we cannot check it for you.
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21437 2 6 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Misprint, Stereo · RVG stamp |
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| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21437 2 6 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21437 2 6 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21437 2 6 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Misprint, Promo, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2013 | Blue Note — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue |
| 2013 | Universe (3) — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR |
| 2020 | Blue Note — STEREO |
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