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SteepleChase · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Misty Thursday

Duke Jordan Quartet

Misty Thursday cover
RecordedJun 30, 1975
LabelSteepleChase
Released1975
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 1167476

The record

Chuck Wayne's guitar joins the trio here, an unusual frontline choice that softens Jordan's blues-inflected phrasing into something quieter and more intimate. Sam Jones and Roy Haynes stay well back in the mix, never crowding the melody this 1975 SteepleChase date is built around.

Session personnel

  • Sam Jones — bass
  • Roy Haynes — drums
  • Chuck Wayne — guitar
  • Duke Jordan — piano, composed by

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1976SteepleChase · RJ-7126 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo earliest on file
1976SteepleChase — STEREO
1978SteepleChase · SCS-1053 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1982SteepleChase · ULS-6043-S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1992SteepleChase · SCCD 31053 — CD, Album, Reissue
1992SteepleChase · VACE-1055 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—SteepleChase · SCCD 31053 — CD, Album, Reissue

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