Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
At The Half Note Cafe Volume 1
| Recorded | Nov 11, 1960 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | 4060 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 437177 |
The record
Recorded live as 1960 wound down, the club setting loosens up Byrd and Pepper Adams' usual front-line discipline into something rawer and more conversational. Pearson's comping and the rhythm section catch the band exactly as regulars would have heard them.
Session personnel
- Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone [baritone sax]
- Laymon Jackson — bass
- Lex Humphries — drums
- Duke Pearson — piano
- Donald Byrd — 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 21 pressings on file.
| 1961 | Blue Note · 4060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
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| 1961 | Blue Note · 4060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1961 | Blue Note · 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 4060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1961 | Blue Note · 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, no deep groove |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1986 | Blue Note · BST 84060 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, DMM |
| 1986 | Blue Note · 062-2613461 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1986 | Blue Note · BNJ 71100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1986 | Blue Note · BNJ 71100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1987 | Blue Note · CDP 7 46539 2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Pepper Adams also plays on
Laymon Jackson also plays on
Lex Humphries also plays on
Duke Pearson also plays on