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Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song

Chris Connor

Recorded	c. 1957
Label	Atlantic
Catalog	2-601
Released	1957
Personnel	29 credited players
Discogs	master 659816

The record

This sprawling double-LP survey sets her against the Gershwin songbook with a rotating cast of Atlantic sidemen, from Oscar Pettiford's bass to Ralph Sharon's celesta touches. The shifting small-group textures keep even familiar tunes sounding freshly considered.

Session personnel

Danny Bank — baritone saxophone
Milt Hinton — bass
Oscar Pettiford — bass
Vinnie Burke — bass
Wendell Marshall — bass
Johnny "La Vaca" Rodriguez — bongos
Ralph Sharon — celesta [celeste]
Peanuts Hucko — clarinet
Sam Most — clarinet
Ed Shaughnessy — drums
Osie Johnson — drums
Ronnie Free — drums
Herbie Mann — flute
Barry Galbraith — guitar
Joe Puma — guitar
Mundell Lowe — guitar
Hank Jones — piano
Stan Free — piano
Al Cohn — tenor saxophone
Ed Wasserman — tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Eddie Bert — trombone
Jim Thompson — trombone
Warren Covington — trombone
Jimmy Cleveland — trombone, soloist [all trombone solos]
Doc Severinsen — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Eddie Costa — vibraphone
Milt Jackson — vibraphone
Chris Connor — vocals

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1957	Atlantic · 2-601 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · deep groove; gatefold
1957	Atlantic · AT.2-601 — Vinyl, LP, Box Set · deep groove
1957	Atlantic · AT.2-601 — Vinyl, LP, Box Set · deep groove
1972	Atlantic
1976	Atlantic · P-4552~3A — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold · gatefold
1989	Atlantic Jazz · 601-2 — CD
1991	Atlantic Jazz · AMCY-1051~2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
2007	Atlantic · WPCR-25164/5 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Mono, Paper sleeve
—	Atlantic · EP 596 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP