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Fantastic Frank Strozier

Frank Strozier

Recorded	Dec 9, 1959 & Feb 3, 1960
Label	Vee Jay Records
Catalog	SR 3005
Released	1959
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 350200

The record

Barely into his twenties and already leading Miles Davis's borrowed rhythm section, this alto saxophonist cuts a hard-bop date crackling with young confidence. Booker Little's trumpet adds a second sharp horn to a Vee Jay session that caught the Chicago label reaching for emerging talent.

Session personnel

Frank Strozier — alto saxophone
Paul Chambers — bass
Jimmy Cobb — drums
Wynton Kelly — piano
Booker Little — trumpet

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 19 pressings on file.

1960	Vee Jay Records · VJ LP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, 1st pressing earliest on file · deep groove
1960	Vee Jay Records · VJ LP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
—	Vee Jay Records · LP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Microgroove · deep groove
1960	Vee Jay Records — MONO
1960	Vee Jay Records · VJLP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1960	Vee Jay Records · VJLP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1964	Vee Jay Records · VJ LP 3005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1975	Vee Jay Records · JC-4 — Vinyl, LP
1977	Vee Jay Records · UXP-86-JY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1981	Vee Jay Records · RJL-6008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1987	Vee Jay Records · 22YB-2009 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1987	Vee Jay Records · 22YB-2009 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1988	Vee Jay Records · VJC 3005 — Cassette, Album, Reissue
1997	Vee Jay Records · VJ-012 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered