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A Day In Copenhagen
| Recorded | Mar 1969 |
|---|---|
| Label | BASF |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 487619 |
The record
Slide Hampton's charts give this Copenhagen studio session a brassy heft, Dizzy Reece's trumpet and Hampton's own trombone thickening the frontline around Dexter's tenor. Drew, NHOP, and Art Taylor -- the era's go-to Scandinavian rhythm section -- swing it with easy authority.
Session personnel
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Kenny Drew — piano
- Dexter Gordon — tenor saxophone
- Slide Hampton — trombone, arranged by
- Dizzy Reece — 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 28 pressings on file.
| 1969 | MPS Records · MPS 15 230 ST — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1970 | Prestige · PRST 7763 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | MPS Records · CRM 698 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1972 | BASF |
| 1972 | MPS Records · MPS 15074 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1974 | BASF · 21 20698-1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · gatefold |
| 1975 | BASF · 35-53.169 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · gatefold |
| 1979 | MPS Records · UPS-2120-P — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | Pausa Records · PR 7058 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1980 | MPS Records · JS-002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | MPS Records · CJ-9002 — Cassette, Album, Reissue |
| 1998 | MPS Records · POCJ-2635 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2000 | MPS Records · UCCM-9025 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold |
| 2006 | MPS Records · UCCU-5543 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
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Art Taylor also plays on
Kenny Drew also plays on