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Pieces Of Eighty-Eight

Pieces Of Eighty-Eight cover
RecordedJan 27, 1959
LabelRiverside Records
Released1959
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 856198

The record

By early 1959 Bradshaw was working with Alvin Jackson and Richard Allen, a lesser-known unit that kept the Bud Powell lineage alive on Riverside's crowded piano roster. Lean, unhurried swing throughout, easy to overlook and worth the dig.

Session personnel

  • Alvin Jackson — bass
  • Richard Allen — drums
  • Evans Bradshaw — piano

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1959Riverside Records · RLP 12-296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1959Riverside Records — STEREO
1959Riverside Records · RLP-12-296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, White Label
1990Riverside Records · WJC-296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2000Riverside Records · VICJ-60520 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2010Riverside Records · UCCO-9930 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
Riverside Records · RLP-12-296 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Riverside Records · RLP 1136 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

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