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Harry Edison And His Orchestra

Recorded	Sep 4, 1956
Label	Verve Records
Released	1956
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 549158

The record

Webster's breathy tenor and Edison's terse, vocal-toned trumpet share the front line here, with Kessel, Rowles, Mondragon and Stoller filling out Verve's mid-'50s house rhythm sound. Blues-soaked and never in a hurry, it favors economy over flash.

Session personnel

Joe Mondragon — bass
Alvin Stoller — drums
Barney Kessel — guitar
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
Harry Edison — 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 22 pressings on file.

1956	Clef Records · MG C-717 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1956	Clef Records · MG C-717 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
2005	Clef Records · UCCV-9177 — CD, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, PAPERSLEEVE EDITION · deep groove
1956	American Recording Society · G-430-A — Vinyl, LP
1957	Columbia · 33CX 10087 — Vinyl, LP · laminated sleeve
1957	Verve Records · MGV-8097 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1963	La Voz De Su Amo · LCLP 208 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1973	Verve Records — MONO
1975	Verve Records · 2352 129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1976	Verve Records · MV 2548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1989	Verve Records · J25J 25126 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1990	Verve Records · POCJ-1926 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2005	Verve Records · 0075021034778 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition
2005	Verve Records · B0003936-02 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered