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Prestige

Up Tight!

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Recorded1962
LabelPrestige
CatalogPR 7208
Released1962
Personnel8 credited players
Discogsmaster 519047

The record

Congas are the tell here: Ray Barretto alongside Art Taylor, giving the rhythm a second layer under Ammons. Two pianists in the credits, Patti Bown and Walter Bishop, Jr., and two bassists, Art Davis and George Duvivier. Seven tracks, "Lester Leaps In" and "Jug's Blue Blues" among them. Rudy Van Gelder recorded it. Prestige PR 7208, 1962.

Tracks

  1. The Breeze And I
  2. I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man
  3. Moon Glow
  4. Up Tight!
  5. The Five O'Clock Whistle
  6. Jug's Blue Blues
  7. Lester Leaps In

Session personnel

  • Art Davis — Bass
  • George Duvivier — Bass
  • Ray Barretto — Congas
  • Art Taylor — Drums
  • Patti Bown — Piano
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. — Piano
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Recorded By, Mastered By
  • Gene Ammons — Saxophone

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1962Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1962Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1962Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp
1962Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hi Fidelity · deep groove; RVG stamp
Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress · deep groove
Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · deep groove
1962Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl LP Album Mono
1966Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1988Prestige · PR 7208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1994Prestige · PRCD-24140-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue
Prestige · 00025218514026 — CD, Compilation, Reissue

Follow the players

Art Davis also plays on

George Duvivier also plays on

Ray Barretto also plays on

Art Taylor also plays on