Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Sermon!
| Recorded | Aug 25, 1957 & Feb 25, 1958 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4011 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 9 credited players |
| Discogs | master 33100 |
The record
The title track sprawls into a communal jam, Morgan, Brooks, Donaldson, and Coleman each taking a turn over Smith's rolling Hammond and Blakey's snapping backbeat. Loaded with solos, built for a room full of people.
Session personnel
- George Coleman — alto saxophone
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Art Blakey — drums
- Donald Bailey — drums
- Eddie McFadden — guitar
- Kenny Burrell — guitar
- Jimmy Smith — organ
- Tina Brooks — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Three 1959 pressings sit at the front here. The mono BLP 4011 marked first press carries deep groove, RVG stamp, the 47 W 63rd address and a Plastylite ear -- the full early configuration. A second 1959 mono shows the same minus the deep groove, and the stereo BST 4011 lists the 47 W 63rd address. Stereo BST 84011 reissues then run from 1967 to 1985. The 2013 DOL 180-gram gatefold, DOL1055HG, is the inexpensive modern option.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 93 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, 1st Press/ no R no INC. earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
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| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 2nd Pressing · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BST 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1962 | Blue Note · 45-1879 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM · RVG stamp |
| 1962 | Blue Note · 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, NY USA Labels · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BST 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Green · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, DG Side 1, 47 West 63rd/New York USA labels · deep groove (one side); 47 W 63rd address |
| 1964 | Blue Note · 45-1879 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single · RVG stamp |
| 1965 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, NY Deep Groove Side A, Plastylite Pressing · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, Liberty · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, NY USA Labels · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84011 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
George Coleman also plays on
Lou Donaldson also plays on
Art Blakey also plays on