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Telefunken Blues

Kenny Clarke

Recorded	Sep 25, 1954 & Feb 7, 1955
Label	Savoy Records
Catalog	MG 12006
Released	1954
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 437231

The record

Savoy stacked a full horn section behind this drummer's date, with Frank Wess and Charlie Fowlkes filling out riffs while Milt Jackson steps away from vibes to comp on piano. Cut in September 1954, it's dense, arranged bebop with a big-band spine.

Session personnel

Frank Morgan — alto saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes — baritone saxophone
Eddie Jones — bass
Percy Heath — bass
Kenny Clarke — drums, leader
Gerald Wiggins — piano
Milt Jackson — piano
Frank Wess — tenor saxophone
Walter Benton — tenor saxophone
Henry Coker — trombone

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 17 pressings on file.

1955	Savoy Records · MG 12006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono earliest on file
1975	CBS/Sony · SOPU 8-SY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1985	SJ Records · MGJ-12006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1985	Savoy Records · MGJ-12006 — Vinyl, LP, Promo
1992	Savoy Jazz · SV-0106 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1992	Savoy Jazz · SV-0106 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
1993	Savoy Records — MONO
2000	Drive (2) · DR 555 — CD, Album, Reissue
2000	Savoy Jazz · COCB-50314 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2008	Jazz Track · JT 942 LP — Vinyl, LP, Album, RE
2008	Jazz Track · JT 940 — CD, Compilation, Reissue
2008	Savoy Jazz · COCB-53761 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Paper Sleeve, HQCD
2010	Savoy Jazz · COCB-53959 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2017	Savoy Jazz · COCB-54228 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, UHQCD