Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Funky
| Recorded | Jan 11, 1957 |
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| Label | Top Rank International |
| Catalog | LP 7083 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 233995 |
The record
Kenny Burrell's guitar threads through this 1957 date, Farmer's brass warming the room while McLean bites against Ammons' thick, blues-soaked tenor. Feel wins out over flash here, the whole band easing into the groove the title promises.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Doug Watkins — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Kenny Burrell — guitar
- Mal Waldron — piano
- Gene Ammons — tenor saxophone
- Art Farmer — 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 15 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · deep groove |
| 1958 | Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono · deep groove |
| 1964 | Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1977 | Prestige · VIJ-5043M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Small Pressing Ring |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-244-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1993 | Prestige · VICJ-23083 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| — | Top Rank International — MONO |
| — | Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono, Scorpio |
| — | Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| — | Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| — | Original Jazz Classics · 00025218624428 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Jackie McLean also plays on
Doug Watkins also plays on
Art Taylor also plays on