Savoy Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Jazz Concert - West Coast
| Recorded | Jul 6, 1947 |
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| Label | Savoy Jazz |
| Released | 1947 |
| Personnel | 12 credited players |
| Discogs | master 524592 |
The record
A Central Avenue jam session preserved whole, Gordon and Wardell Gray trading fours while a teenage Hampton Hawes pushes the tempo past comfort. Rough and combative, as 1947 demanded.
Session personnel
- Sonny Criss — alto saxophone
- Harry Babasin — bass
- Leroy Gray — bass
- Connie Kay — drums
- Ken Kennedy — drums
- Barney Kessel — guitar
- Hampton Hawes — piano
- Dexter Gordon — tenor saxophone
- Wardell Gray — tenor saxophone
- Trummy Young — trombone
- Al Killian — trumpet
- Howard McGhee — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1985 | Savoy Jazz · SJC 407 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1985 | Savoy Jazz — MONO |
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