Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Serenade To A Bus Seat
| Recorded | Apr 1957 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Catalog | RLP 12-237 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 566494 |
The record
Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, on loan from Miles's band, give this Riverside date its snap, Griffin's tenor sparring against Terry's puckish brass. Recorded in April '57 during the label's bop-and-blues heyday, it stays breezy without turning slight.
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers — bass
- "Philly" Joe Jones — drums
- Wynton Kelly — piano
- Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
- Clark Terry — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1957 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-237 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1960 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-237 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1977 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6209M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1983 | Riverside Records |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · 68.945 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1983 | Carrere Distribution — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-066-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2007 | Riverside Records · RCD-30189 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2007 | Riverside Records · 0888072301894 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2017 | Jazz Workshop (2) · JW-082 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180 |
| 2017 | Doxy · ACV2094 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Clear |
| — | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-066-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress |
Follow the players
Paul Chambers also plays on
"Philly" Joe Jones also plays on
Wynton Kelly also plays on