Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Nothing But The Blues
| Recorded | Oct 11, 1957 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 514570 |
The record
Twelve-bar blues get the first-call treatment here, Getz's tenor floating cool above the changes while Brown and Levey lock in tight. A Verve session with no arrangements to hide behind, just seasoned players stretching out.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Stan Levey — drums
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Stan Getz — tenor saxophone
- Roy Eldridge — 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.
| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1959 | Columbia · 33CX 10139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1974 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1985 | Verve Records · 20MJ 0048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1994 | Verve Records · 314 521 674-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Verve Records · 521 674-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Verve Records · POCJ-2316 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2004 | Verve Records · UCCV-9173 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2004 | Verve Reissues (2) — File, ALAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz |
| 2010 | Fresh Sound Records · FSR 1648 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2010 | Poll Winners Records · PWR 27240 — CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue |
| 2011 | Speakers Corner Records · MG V-8252 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 2011 | Verve Records · UCCU-9761 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Ray Brown also plays on
Stan Levey also plays on
Herb Ellis also plays on