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Volume 3

Curtis Fuller

Recorded	Dec 1, 1957
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BLP 1583
Released	1957
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 467317

The record

Late-1957 hard bop paired with Art Farmer's lyrical trumpet, Fuller's agile trombone tone riding over Sonny Clark's crisp, economical comping. Cut during a run of Blue Note dates that shows how quickly Fuller had settled into leader status.

Session personnel

George Tucker — bass
Louis Hayes — drums
Sonny Clark — piano
Curtis Fuller — trombone, written-by [a1-b2]
Art Farmer — 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 18 pressings on file.

1960	Blue Note · BLP 1583 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1966	Blue Note · BLP 1583 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1976	Blue Note · LNJ-70068 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, Promo
1976	Blue Note · LNJ-70068 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978	Blue Note · GXK 8039 (M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978	Blue Note · GXK 8039 (M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1984	Blue Note · BLP 1583 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1989	Blue Note · CJ28-5148 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	Blue Note — STEREO
1996	Blue Note · TOCJ-1583 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1998	Blue Note · TOCJ-1583 — CD, Album, Reissue
1999	Blue Note · TOCJ-9070 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper Sleeve
2005	Blue Note · TOCJ-6524 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2008	Blue Note · TOCJ-7153 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo