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Savoy Jam Party
| Recorded | Jul 28, 1944 & Aug 21, 1946 |
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| Label | Savoy Records |
| Released | 1944 |
| Personnel | 19 credited players |
| Discogs | master 667330 |
The record
A 1944 Savoy date catching Byas mid-transition from Basie sideman to bebop's favorite tenor voice, his tone already thick with Hawkins-schooled authority. Rotating rhythm sections -- Slam Stewart's bowed bass, a young Max Roach among the drummers -- give this session the loose, exploratory feel of jazz turning a corner.
Session personnel
- Rudy Williams — alto saxophone
- Franklin Skeete — bass
- John Levy — bass
- Leonard Gaskin — bass
- Milt Hinton — bass
- Slam Stewart — bass
- Fred Radcliffe — drums
- J.C. Heard — drums
- Jack Parker — drums
- Max Roach — drums
- Dave Rivera — piano
- Jimmy Jones — piano
- Sanford Gold — piano
- Teddy Brannon — piano
- Clyde Hart — piano, celesta
- Don Byas — tenor saxophone
- Benny Harris — trumpet
- Charlie Shavers — trumpet
- Emmett Berry — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1976 | Savoy Records · SJL 2213 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1976 | Savoy Records |
| 1976 | Savoy Records · ASJL 2213 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
| 1976 | Savoy Records · SJL 2213 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation · gatefold |
| 1984 | Savoy Jazz · WL 70512 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue |
| 1995 | Savoy Jazz · SV-0268 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono |
| 2010 | Jazz Heritage Society · 5196023 — CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
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