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Blues Groove

Blues Groove cover
RecordedFeb 28, 1958
LabelPrestige Swingville
CatalogPRLP 7138
Released1958
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 369107

The record

Tiny Grimes' guitar and Ray Bryant's spare piano set an after-hours mood on this Swingville date, with Musa Kaleem's flute adding a rare splash of color to the groove.

Session personnel

  • Earl Wormack — bass
  • Teagle Fleming — drums
  • Musa Kaleem — flute
  • Tiny Grimes — guitar
  • Ray Bryant — piano
  • Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.

1958Prestige · PRLP 7138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1958Prestige · PRLP 7138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958Metronome · MEP 434 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1958Esquire · 32-082 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1962Prestige Swingville · SVST 2035 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1962La Voix De Son Maître · HTX 40.341 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1962Prestige Swingville · SVLP 2035 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1965Prestige Swingville · SVLP 2035 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1969Prestige · PR 7753 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, purple label
1970Prestige · PR 7753 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1973Prestige · PR 7753 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1973Prestige · PR 7753 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1973Prestige · PR 7138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1973Prestige · PR 7753 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo

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