Vik · in the Kissa Kissa racks
String Fever
| Recorded | Jul 22-24, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Label | Vik |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 937578 |
The record
A late-'50s showcase for Chuck Wayne's clean, harmonically savvy guitar work, backed by a horn-heavy session band that gives the date real big-band muscle. Eddie Costa's doubling on piano and vibes adds extra color to this lesser-heard corner of the Vik catalogue.
Session personnel
- Gene Quill — alto saxophone
- Sam Marowitz — alto saxophone
- Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
- Clyde Lombardi — bass
- Jimmy Campbell — drums
- Sonny Igoe — drums
- Chuck Wayne — guitar
- Eddie Costa — piano, vibraphone
- Caesar Di Mauro — tenor saxophone
- Ed Wasserman — tenor saxophone
- Sonny Truitt — trombone
- Al Stewart — trumpet
- Don Joseph — trumpet
- Tommy Allison — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1957 | Vik · LX-1098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1957 | Vik · EXA-252 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono |
| 1957 | Vik · LX-1098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1987 | Vik · NL-46047 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1992 | Vik |
| 1998 | RCA · 74321611192 — CD, Compilation, Reissue |
| 2001 | Sundazed Music, Inc. · euphoria 180 — CD, Compilation, Reissue |
Follow the players
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