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Don't Go To Strangers

Etta Jones

Recorded	Jun 21, 1960
Label	Prestige
Catalog	7186
Released	1960
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 429564

The record

A June 1960 date that caught Etta Jones at her most intimate, Wess's flute curling around her phrasing while Duvivier and Haynes keep the pulse hushed and unhurried. The title track became her signature, a torch song delivered with the quiet authority that never quite got its due outside jazz circles.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Roy Haynes — drums
Frank Wess — flute, tenor saxophone
Skeeter Best — guitar
Richard Wyands — piano
Etta Jones — vocals

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 39 pressings on file.

1960	Prestige · PRLP 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1987	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-298 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo OJC
1960	Prestige · 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp
1960	Prestige · PRLP 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Abbey Pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp
1964	Prestige · 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1964	Prestige · 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
2006	Prestige · PRCD-30007-2 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
2019	Prestige · P-7186 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Pink · RVG stamp
—	Prestige · PRCD-30007-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1960	Prestige · 45-180 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
1960	Prestige · 45-180 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
1960	Prestige · 7186 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1960	Quality · 1255X — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
1961	Esquire · 32-127 — Vinyl, LP, Mono