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Big Band Specials

June Christy

Recorded	1962
Label	Capitol Records
Released	1962
Personnel	19 credited players
Discogs	master 454967

The record

A West Coast bench of saxophonists and rhythm players surrounds her here, Perkins and Shank lending real bite to the charts. Cut for Capitol in 1962, it finds her riding big-band heat without losing the hushed, after-hours shading.

Session personnel

Joe Mondragon — bass
Mel Lewis — drums
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Bill Perkins — saxophone
Bob Cooper — saxophone
Bud Shank — saxophone
Charlie Kennedy — saxophone
Jack Nimitz — saxophone
Joe Maini — saxophone
Dick Nash — trombone
Frank Rosolino — trombone
John Halliburton — trombone
Kenny Shroyer — trombone
Lew McCreary — trombone
Vern Friley — trombone
Al Porcino — trumpet
Conte Candoli — trumpet
Lee Katzman — trumpet
Ray Triscari — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1963	Capitol Records · ST-1845 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1963	Capitol Records — MONO
1963	Capitol Records · STK 83549 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Capitol Records · STK 83 549 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Test Pressing, Stereo
1963	Capitol Records · T-1845 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1985	Capitol Records · ECJ-70230 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1985	PAUSA Records · PR 9039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1985	Capitol Records · ECJ-70230 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1999	Capitol Jazz · 7243 4 98319 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1999	Capitol Jazz · 7243 4 98319 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue
—	Capitol Records · ECJ-60007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	Capitol Records · ST-1845 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
—	Capitol Records · T 1845 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono