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Straight Ahead

Straight Ahead cover
RecordedMay 3, 1976
LabelPablo Records
Released1976
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 421185

The record

Flanagan's harmonic touch gives this '76 quartet date real polish, Betts and Durham locking into a pocket loose enough for Davis's biting tenor to stretch out unhurried.

Session personnel

  • Keter Betts — bass
  • Bobby Durham — drums
  • Tommy Flanagan — piano
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1976Pablo Records · 2310-778 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1976Pablo Records · 2310 778 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1976Pablo Records · 2310-778 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1976Pablo Records · 2310 778 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1976Pablo Records · K10-778 — Cassette, Album
1976Pablo Records · 2310-778 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing
1981Pablo Records · PN 4006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1991Original Jazz Classics
1991Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-629-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Pablo Records · 2310 778 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, PRS Hannover Pressing

Follow the players

Keter Betts also plays on

Bobby Durham also plays on

Tommy Flanagan also plays on

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis also plays on