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Brown Sugar
| Recorded | Mar 19, 1964 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | 4168 |
| Released | 1964 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 527776 |
The record
Joe Henderson's tenor brings harmonic bite to this '64 session, cutting against Roach's Hammond dig and Eddie Wright's locked-in guitar for a lean, greasy date that rewards close listening late into the night.
Session personnel
- Clarence Johnston — drums
- Eddie Wright — guitar
- Freddie Roach — organ, sleeve notes
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
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 16 pressings on file.
| 1964 | Blue Note · 4168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, DG side 1 earliest on file · deep groove (one side); RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
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| 1964 | Blue Note · 4168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Ear · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1964 | Blue Note · BST-84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Blue Note · BST-84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, DG · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Blue Note · 4168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, DG both sides · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · ST-84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1994 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4168 — CD, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1994 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4168 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2005 | Water · water148 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2014 | Blue Note · UCCQ-5046 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD |
| 2016 | Blue Note · ST-84168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gram |
Follow the players
Clarence Johnston also plays on
Eddie Wright also plays on
Freddie Roach also plays on
Joe Henderson also plays on