Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Revelation
| Recorded | Jan 2 & Jun 10, 1953 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1953 |
| Personnel | 12 credited players |
| Discogs | master 530589 |
The record
Blue Note catches a loose Los Angeles gathering, Mulligan's brassless writing framing a reed section stacked with Konitz, Sims, and Eager while Chet Baker's horn still sounds young. The cool tag hadn't hardened yet -- this is the scene before the label stuck.
Session personnel
- Lee Konitz — alto saxophone
- Allen Eager — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Zoot Sims — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone
- Henry Grimes — bass
- Joe Mondragon — bass
- Carson Smith — bass [joe mondragon or carson smith]
- Dave Bailey — drums
- Larry Bunker — drums
- Freddie Green — guitar
- Al Cohn — tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Chet Baker — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1975 | Blue Note · 84207 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1975 | Blue Note — MONO |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84 548 XCT — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Compilation · gatefold |
| 1975 | Blue Note · ABNST 236519 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Compilation · gatefold |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BN-LA-532-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1978 | Blue Note · BND 4016 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| — | Blue Note · BN-LA-532-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| — | Blue Note · BN-LA-532-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
Lee Konitz also plays on
Allen Eager also plays on
Zoot Sims also plays on