Heavenly Sweetness · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Matador
| Recorded | Apr 15, 1962 |
|---|---|
| Label | Heavenly Sweetness |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 400914 |
The record
McLean's alto still carries some fire from his own sessions on this Heavenly Sweetness date, the quartet leaning modal and moody while Timmons grounds things with blues-soaked comping underneath.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Teddy Smith — bass
- J.C. Moses — drums
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1963 US United Artists Jazz mono UAJ 14007, listed with a Plastylite ear; a Canadian stereo UAJS 15007 and a French pressing share that year. From 1967 on it is all reissue, through Japanese United Artists and Liberty pressings and a 1972 US stereo UAS 5631. The serious modern option is the limited, numbered 2022 Impex IMP6042.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 24 pressings on file.
| 1963 | United Artists Jazz · UAJ 14007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · Plastylite ear |
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| 1963 | United Artists Jazz · UAJS 15007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · Plastylite ear |
| 1963 | United Artists Jazz · UAJS 15007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1963 | United Artists Jazz · UAJ 14007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1963 | United Artists Records · 38018 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1963 | United Artists Jazz · PSS 35 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1967 | United Artists Jazz · PS-1419-UAJ — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1971 | United Artists Records · SR 3087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | United Artists Records · UAS 5631 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | United Artists Records · UAS 5631 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1972 | United Artists Records · UAS 5631 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1976 | United Artists Records · LAX 3125 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1976 | United Artists Records · GXC 3138 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1985 | Liberty · LBJ-60069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Jackie McLean also plays on
Teddy Smith also plays on
J.C. Moses also plays on