Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Plays Fats Waller
| Recorded | Jan 23, 1962 |
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| Label | Applause Records |
| Catalog | BLP 4100 |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 374543 |
The record
Smith takes on Waller's Harlem songbook here, stride and swing filtered through the Hammond with Warren's guitar keeping the rhythm light and Bailey barely there underneath. Playful, blues-soaked homage from a leader who never lost his own voice doing it.
Session personnel
- Donald Bailey — drums
- Quentin Warren — guitar
- Jimmy Smith — organ [hammond]
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 28 pressings on file.
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
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| 1962 | Blue Note · BST 84100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · 4100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 84100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BNLP-12156 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST-84100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1981 | Blue Note · GXK-8220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1982 | Applause Records |
| 1982 | Applause Records · APBC 2318 — Cassette, Album, Reissue |
| 1982 | Applause Records · APBL-2318 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1992 | Blue Note · BST 84100 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo · laminated sleeve |
| 1994 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4100 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
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