JazzCodex

Prestige

A Few Miles From Memphis

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Recorded1968
LabelPrestige
CatalogPR7568
Released1968
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 703711

The record

Mabern's own date for Prestige, and the credits carry two tenor saxophones -- George Coleman and Buddy Terry -- over Bill Lee's bass and Walter Perkins's drums. Seven tracks, running from the title tune out to 'Syden Blue' and 'There's A Kind Of Hush'. Cal Lampley produced it in 1968.

Tracks

  1. A Few Miles From Memphis
  2. Walkin' Back
  3. A Treat For Bea
  4. Syden Blue
  5. There's A Kind Of Hush
  6. B & B
  7. To Wane

Session personnel

  • Bill Lee (2) — Bass
  • Walter Perkins — Drums
  • Harold Mabern — Piano
  • Cal Lampley — Producer
  • Buddy Terry — Tenor Saxophone
  • George Coleman — Tenor Saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1968Prestige · PR7568 — Vinyl LP Album earliest on file
1972Prestige · PR7568 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
2004Prestige · PRCD-24288-2 — CD, Compilation
2004Prestige · PRCD 24288-2 — CD, Compilation

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