Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
No Room For Squares

| Recorded | Mar 7 & Oct 2, 1963 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4149 |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 62800 |
The record
Morgan's trumpet trades punches with the leader across sessions patched from different rhythm sections, Hancock and Andrew Hill splitting piano duties. The seams show, but the lean, unmistakable phrasing holds it together.
Session personnel
- Butch Warren — bass
- John Ore — bass
- "Philly" Joe Jones — drums
- Andrew Hill — piano
- Herbie Hancock — piano
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
- Lee Morgan — 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 48 pressings on file.
| 1964 | Blue Note · BLP 4149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, DG side 2 earliest on file · deep groove (one side); RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1964 | Blue Note · BST 84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; Plastylite ear |
| 1964 | Blue Note · BST-84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BNST 84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST-84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, All Disc Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, No P · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Keel Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST-84149 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1989 | Blue Note · CDP 7 84149 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1997 | Blue Note · 7243 4 89976 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Butch Warren also plays on
John Ore also plays on
"Philly" Joe Jones also plays on
Andrew Hill also plays on