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TRIP · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Study In Brown

Study In Brown cover
RecordedFeb 23-25, 1955
LabelTRIP
Released1955
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 183534

The record

A high-water mark for the classic quintet, cut with Land's tenor still in the chair before Rollins took over -- Cherokee here is a trumpet clinic, all clean fire and harmonic nerve. Powell's charts give the group its tight, forward-leaning swing, a blueprint for hard bop's next decade.

Session personnel

  • George Morrow — bass
  • Max Roach — drums
  • Richie Powell — piano
  • Harold Land — tenor saxophone
  • Clifford Brown — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 84 pressings on file.

1955EmArcy · MG 36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1959EmArcy · MG 36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
1955EmArcy · MG 36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1955EmArcy · MG 36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono
1955EmArcy · MG-36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1955EmArcy · MG-36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957Mercury · MLP 7.137 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957EmArcy · EP-1-6136 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1957Mercury · MLP 7.137 — Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Album, Test Pressing, Mono
1958EmArcy · EJL 1278 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961EmArcy · MG-36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1961EmArcy · MG-36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1961EmArcy · MG 36037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1966Mercury · SM-7179 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

George Morrow also plays on

Max Roach also plays on

Richie Powell also plays on

Harold Land also plays on