MCA Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
New York, N.Y.
| Recorded | Sep 12, 1958 & Mar 25, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Label | MCA Records |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 24 credited players |
| Discogs | master 350071 |
The record
Three drummers and twin bassists stack up behind Bill Evans and a reed section led by Al Cohn and Benny Golson on this brass-heavy suite. Each track maps a Manhattan neighborhood, Russell's arranging turning the city into a swinging, kaleidoscopic portrait.
Session personnel
- George Duvivier — bass
- Milt Hinton — bass
- Al Epstein — bongos
- Charlie Persip — drums
- Don Lamond — drums
- Max Roach — drums
- Barry Galbraith — guitar
- Bill Evans — piano
- Al Cohn — saxophone
- Benny Golson — saxophone
- Gene Allen — saxophone
- Hal McKusick — saxophone
- John Coltrane — saxophone
- Phil Woods — saxophone
- Sol Schlinger — saxophone
- Bob Brookmeyer — trombone
- Frank Rehak — trombone
- Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
- Thomas Mitchell — trombone
- Art Farmer — trumpet
- Doc Severinsen — trumpet
- Ernie Royal — trumpet
- Joe Ferrante — trumpet
- Joe Wilder — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressings we list are both 1959 US Decca -- mono DL 9216 and stereo DL 79216, with a promo mono also on file. Britain had Brunswick LAT 8333 the same year. A 1963 US repress reuses DL 79216, so the number alone will not date a copy. The modern option is Decca's 2021 reissue, B0032835-01, a 180 gram stereo gatefold.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 20 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Decca · DL 9216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1959 | Decca · DL 9216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1959 | Brunswick · LAT 8333 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Decca · ST7-9216 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 1959 | Decca · DL 9216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Decca · JDL 5021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono |
| 1959 | Decca · DL 79216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1959 | Decca · JDL 5021 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1961 | Brunswick · SLPBM 267055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1961 | Brunswick · LPBM 87055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1963 | Decca · DL 79216 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1982 | MCA Records |
| 1993 | Decca · MVJJ-30014 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1994 | Decca · MVCZ-51 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
Follow the players
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