Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Byrd In Flight
| Recorded | Jan 17 & Jul 10, 1960 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4048 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 38995 |
The record
Two tenors worth of contrast -- McLean's bite against Mobley's tenor -- give this session a crowded, exploratory feel as the decade turns. Pearson keeps a bluesy floor under it all, and the whole date swings without strain.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Doug Watkins — bass
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Lex Humphries — drums
- Duke Pearson — piano
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- 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 29 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 4048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
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| 1966 | Blue Note · 4048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No P/No DG · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1996 | Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1996 | Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9149 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · RVG stamp |
| 2008 | Blue Note · BLP 4048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 200g · RVG stamp |
| 2008 | Blue Note · BLP 4048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Mono, 200g · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Jackie McLean also plays on
Doug Watkins also plays on
Reggie Workman also plays on
Lex Humphries also plays on