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Watkins At Large

Doug Watkins

Recorded	Dec 8, 1956
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	TRLP 20
Released	1956
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 499890

The record

A rare turn in the leader's chair for the bassist better known as anchor to Jazz Messengers and Detroit's hard-bop diaspora, surrounded here by Mobley, Byrd, and Burrell in peak late-'50s form. Duke Jordan's comping gives the session a loose, blues-soaked swing typical of Blue Note's mid-'50s house style.

Session personnel

Doug Watkins — bass
Art Taylor — drums
Kenny Burrell — guitar
Duke Jordan — 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 16 pressings on file.

1957	Transition · TRLP 20 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1976	Blue Note — MONO
1976	Blue Note · LNJ-70088 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1979	Transition · GXF-3122(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1989	Transition · TRLP 20 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1994	Transition · TRLP 20 — CD
1994	Transition · TOCJ-5885 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1994	Transition · TOCJ-5885 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2000	Transition · TOCJ-9254 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2004	Transition · TRLP-20 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 200g
2004	Classic Records · TRLP-20 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, 200 Gram
2006	Transition · TOCJ-6854 — CD, Album, Reissue
2010	Transition · TOCJ-50094 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2012	Transition · DELP-001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono, Reissue