Pacific Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Portraits
| Recorded | Dec 2, 1963 & Jan 8, 1964 |
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| Label | Pacific Jazz |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 23 credited players |
| Discogs | master 418361 |
The record
Jimmy Woods and Bud Shank sit inside a band stacked with veterans of the LA scene, turning ambitious writing into something both muscular and finely carved. Cut in December 1963, the session shows an orchestral voice unwilling to settle for cool detachment.
Session personnel
- Jimmy Woods — alto saxophone
- Dave Dyson — bass
- Leroy Vinnegar — bass
- Modesto Duran — bongos
- Chuck Carter — drums
- Bud Shank — flute
- Joe Pass — guitar
- Jack Wilson — piano
- Harold Land — reeds
- Jack Nimitz — reeds
- Joe Maini — reeds
- Teddy Edwards — reeds
- Bob Edmondson — trombone
- Don Switzer — trombone
- John Ewing — trombone
- Lester Robertson — trombone
- Lew McCreary — trombone
- Al Porcino — trumpet
- Carmell Jones — trumpet
- Freddie Hill — trumpet
- Jules Chaikin — trumpet
- Nathaniel Meeks — trumpet
- Ray Triscari — 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 17 pressings on file.
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · T 90047 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1964 | Pacific Jazz — STEREO |
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · ST-80 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Red Translucent |
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · ST 90047 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · PJ-80 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · ST-80 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1964 | Pacific Jazz · ST-80 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Yellow Translucent |
| 1966 | Pacific Jazz · ST-80 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1975 | Liberty · LLJ-40019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1975 | Liberty · LLJ-40019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1992 | Pacific Jazz · CDP 7 93414 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1995 | Pacific Jazz · CDP 7 93414 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2011 | Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-50189 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | Fontana · 688 144 ZL — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
Follow the players
Jimmy Woods also plays on
Leroy Vinnegar also plays on
Modesto Duran also plays on