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Jazz Workshop · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Grooveyard

Grooveyard cover
RecordedJan 13-14, 1958
LabelJazz Workshop
Released1958
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 262228

The record

Cut over two January days in 1958, this Jazz Workshop session shows Perkins, Vinnegar, and Butler locking into a tight groove while Ericson's trumpet sharpens the frontline. Harold Land's tenor already carries the harmonic weight he'd soon bring to the Brown-Roach band.

Session personnel

  • Leroy Vinnegar — bass
  • Frank Butler — drums
  • Carl Perkins — piano
  • Harold Land — tenor saxophone
  • Rolf Ericson — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1982PGP RTB · 2221101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue earliest on file
Contemporary Records · S7550 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Green label · deep groove
1983PGP RTB · 2221101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2017Jazz Workshop — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION
Contemporary Records · S7550 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
PGP RTB · 2221101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
PGP RTB · 2221101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Contemporary Records · S7550 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Contemporary Records · S7550 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

Leroy Vinnegar also plays on

Frank Butler also plays on

Carl Perkins also plays on

Harold Land also plays on