Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
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| Recorded | Feb 15, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1968 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 192317 |
The record
Benson's guitar slips unusual color into a frontline anchored by Hicks' piano and Maupin's tenor, nudging Morgan away from strict hard-bop form. A quieter, lesser-known stop in his late Blue Note years, worth the dig.
Session personnel
- Reggie Workman — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- George Benson — guitar
- John Hicks — piano
- Bennie Maupin — 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
We hold no original-era LP for this title. The two copies on file are both late: a 2009 US Blue Note repress of LT-1031, listed with an RVG stamp, and Blue Note's 2024 worldwide reissue, 602448644282, a 180 gram stereo gatefold. Nothing here is a first pressing, so buy on condition and on which mastering you prefer rather than chasing an early stamper that this page cannot point you to.
| 2009 | Blue Note · LT-1031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Blue Note · TOCJ-1631 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22670 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition · RVG stamp |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22670 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition · RVG stamp |
| 2017 | Blue Note · UCCQ-3007 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
| 2024 | Blue Note · 602448644282 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1980 | Blue Note |
| 2000 | Blue Note · 7243 5 22670 2 6 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition |
| 2012 | Blue Note · TOCJ-50283 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | Blue Note — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, Stereo, VBR |
Follow the players
Reggie Workman also plays on
Billy Higgins also plays on
George Benson also plays on