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Jazz In The Space Age

George Russell Orchestra

Recorded	May 1960
Label	MCA Records
Released	1960
Personnel	18 credited players
Discogs	master 308220

The record

Twin pianos and paired drummers stack the mix here, with Bill Evans and Paul Bley swapping the bench across dense, speculative charts from 1960. The whole set feels beamed in from some future big band still years off.

Session personnel

Hal McKusick — alto saxophone
Walt Levinsky — alto saxophone
Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
Milt Hinton — bass
Charlie Persip — drums
Don Lamond — drums
Bill Evans — featuring, piano
Jim Buffington — french horn
Barry Galbraith — guitar
Howard Collins — guitar
Paul Bley — piano
David Young — tenor saxophone
Bob Brookmeyer — trombone
David Baker — trombone
Frank Rehak — trombone
Al Kiger — trumpet
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Marky Markowitz — 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 21 pressings on file.

1960	Decca · DL 9219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1960	Decca · DL 79219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, label with Groove · deep groove
1960	Decca · SDL-43 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove
1960	Decca · DL 79219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, label with Groove
1960	Decca · DL 79219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Decca · DL 9219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Decca · DL 9219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1960	Decca · DL 9219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Styrene, Mono
1975	MCA Records — STEREO
1975	MCA Records · MCA-3138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1986	Affinity · AFF 152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1994	Decca · MVJJ-30030 — Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
1994	Decca · MVCZ-52 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
1997	Decca · MVCJ-19006 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered