World Pacific Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Recorded In Boston At Storyville

| Recorded | Dec 1956 |
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| Label | World Pacific Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 350558 |
The record
Club acoustics and a chordless format meet at Boston's Storyville, Brookmeyer's trombone filling the harmonic gaps a piano would normally cover. Bill Crow and Dave Bailey's steady rhythm work would stay with Mulligan for years.
Session personnel
- Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone, piano
- Bill Crow — bass
- Dave Bailey — drums
- Bob Brookmeyer — valve trombone
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 18 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Pacific Jazz · PJ-1228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1957 | Disques Vogue · LDM 30.070 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1957 | World Pacific Records · Stereo-1228 (3046/3047) — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1957 | Music · LPM 2042 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1957 | Pacific Jazz · PFJ-5011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | World Pacific Records · PJ-1228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1958 | Pacific Jazz · 1228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1959 | Vogue Records · EPV 1251 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP · laminated sleeve |
| 1960 | World Pacific Records — MONO |
| 1991 | Pacific Jazz · PJ-1228 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2002 | Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-9406 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2007 | Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-6380 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2009 | Jazz Workshop (2) · JW-015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2011 | Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-50233 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono |
Follow the players
Gerry Mulligan also plays on
Bill Crow also plays on
Dave Bailey also plays on