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Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Fire Waltz

Fire Waltz cover
RecordedJun 1960
LabelPrestige
Released1960
Personnel10 credited players
Discogsmaster 490020

The record

A 1960 Prestige date finding Dolphy in dual-horn company with Ken McIntyre, Waldron's angular piano threading through, and Ron Carter's cello adding an unusual, woody color to the frontline's exploratory pitch.

Session personnel

  • Joe Benjamin — bass
  • Sam Jones — bass
  • Ron Carter — cello
  • Eric Dolphy — clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Art Taylor — drums
  • Charlie Persip — drums
  • Ken McIntyre — flute, alto saxophone
  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. — piano
  • Booker Ervin — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1978Prestige · PR 24085 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1978Prestige
1978Prestige · 68 330 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold
1978Prestige · P 24085 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold
1978Prestige · P-240.085 A/B/C/D — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold
1978Prestige · P-24085 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered, All Media, Compilation · gatefold
1981Prestige · 78.330 — Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1994Jazz Portraits · CD 14553 — CD, Compilation, Stereo
1994Jazz Roots · CD 56054 — CD, Compilation, Stereo

Follow the players

Joe Benjamin also plays on

Sam Jones also plays on

Ron Carter also plays on

Eric Dolphy also plays on