Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Houston Express
| Recorded | Apr 8-9, 1971 |
|---|---|
| Label | Prestige |
| Released | 1971 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 440748 |
The record
Bernard Purdie and Jerry Jemmott drive a stacked horn section through this early-'70s Prestige date, Person stretching out over brass and electric piano. Sound aimed at the jukebox as much as the shelf.
Session personnel
- Babe Clark — baritone saxophone
- Jerry Jemmott — bass [fender]
- Buddy Caldwell — congas
- Bernard Purdie — drums
- Jimmy Watson — organ
- Houston Person — tenor saxophone
- Billy Butler — guitar
- Paul Griffin — piano, electric piano
- Harold Vick — tenor saxophone, flute
- Garnett Brown — trombone
- Jack Jeffers — trombone
- Ernie Royal — trumpet
- Money Johnson — trumpet
- Thad Jones — trumpet
- Ernie Hayes — organ, electric piano
- Cecil Bridgewater — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1971 | Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp |
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| 1971 | Prestige |
| 1971 | Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Prestige · PRST-10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 1971 | Prestige · PR 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1984 | Fantasy EMI South Africa · CDFAT(WM)81 — CD |
| 1984 | Fantasy · GSL220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1989 | Fantasy · FANT 81 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 2007 | Fantasy · GSCD 676 116 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
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