Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Steppin' Out!
| Recorded | May 27, 1963 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4138 |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 352254 |
The record
Grant Green's guitar and John Patton's organ lock into a groove behind Blue Mitchell's trumpet on this 1963 date, with Ben Dixon's drums keeping it lean throughout. Blue Note sat on it for over a decade before letting this blues-soaked session see daylight.
Session personnel
- Ben Dixon — drums
- Grant Green — guitar
- John Patton — organ
- Harold Vick — tenor saxophone [tenor sax]
- Blue Mitchell — 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 15 pressings on file.
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1963 | Blue Note · 84138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST-84138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST-84138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST-84138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, New York/Liberty Labels · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1993 | Blue Note · BN 4138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Limited Edition |
| 1994 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4138 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1996 | Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 52433 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2000 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9248 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2006 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6642 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2011 | Heavenly Sweetness · HSV036VL — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram |
| 2019 | Blue Note · UCCQ-9537 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2022 | Blue Note — STEREO |
Follow the players
Ben Dixon also plays on
Grant Green also plays on
John Patton also plays on