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Paper Man

| Recorded | Jul 2, 1968 |
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| Label | Arista |
| Released | 1968 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 182398 |
The record
A late-'60s date that catches the post-Blue Note generation stretching out, with Tolliver's brass-bright trumpet and Bartz's alto trading angular lines over Hancock, Carter, and Chambers -- rhythm section royalty pushing hard bop toward freer terrain.
Session personnel
- Gary Bartz — alto saxophone
- Ron Carter — bass
- Charles Tolliver — composed by, trumpet, producer
- Joe Chambers — drums
- Herbie Hancock — piano
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 LP for this title. The earliest on file is a 1975 US Arista, AL 1002, itself listed as a reissue, with a Canadian copy and a test pressing from the same year under that same number. The only other entry is a 1976 Italian Black Lion, BLP 30117. If a first issue is what you are after, this list will not get you there.
| 1975 | Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, CTH pressing earliest on file |
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| 1975 | Arista |
| 1975 | Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1975 | Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1975 | Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo, CTH pressing |
| 1976 | Black Lion Records · BLP 30117 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
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