Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Caribé
| Recorded | Aug 19, 1960 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | 8251 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 287964 |
The record
A Latin-tinged one-off session with congas and vibes coloring Dolphy's alto and bass clarinet outbursts -- a rare setting that pushed him toward looser, percussion-driven terrain outside his usual Prestige quintet dates.
Session personnel
- Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
- Bill Ellington — bass
- Juan Amalbert — congas
- Manuel Ramos — drums, timbales
- Gene Casey — piano
- Charlie Simons — vibraphone [vibes]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1961 US Prestige 8251, mono with a deep groove and a laminated cover. A 1963 pressing of the same number keeps the laminate but not the deep groove, and the 1964 row is tagged a reissue, so on this title the deep groove is the whole tell. After that it is imports: Japanese SMJ-7449 and SMJ-6568, a 1981 HBS 6089, and a 2021 Honey Pie HONEY048.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.
| 1961 | Prestige · 8251 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove, Laminated Cover earliest on file · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
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| 1963 | Prestige · 8251 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Laminated Cover · laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Prestige · 8251 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1967 | Prestige · SMJ-7449 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1978 | Prestige · SMJ-6568 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1978 | Prestige · SMJ-6568 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1980 | Prestige — STEREO |
| 1980 | Prestige · 0061.156 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1981 | Prestige · HBS 6089 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1981 | Prestige · HBS 6089 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Mono |
| 1994 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 819-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1994 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-819-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1999 | Prestige · VICJ-60450 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2006 | Prestige · VICJ-41761 — CD, Album, Stereo, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
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