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Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Oh Happy Day

Oh Happy Day cover
RecordedJun 2, 1969
LabelPrestige
CatalogPR 7640
Released1969
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 3071102

The record

Two tenors and a trumpet crowd the front line on this gospel-charged title cut, Coleman and Person testifying over a churning bass pulse from the organ. Virgil Jones adds brass heat, Frankie Jones the backbeat.

Session personnel

  • Frankie Jones — drums
  • Don Patterson — organ
  • George Coleman — tenor saxophone
  • Houston Person — tenor saxophone
  • Virgil Jones — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1969Prestige · PR 7640 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1972Prestige · PR 7640 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1973Prestige — STEREO

Follow the players

Frankie Jones also plays on

Don Patterson also plays on

George Coleman also plays on

Houston Person also plays on