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The Rajah
| Recorded | Nov 29, 1966 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1966 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 307381 |
The record
Cut during Morgan's mid-'60s hot streak with Mobley's tenor riding alongside that bright, agile trumpet, this one sat in the vault for years before surfacing -- a snapshot of the same band chemistry that made "The Sidewinder" era hum, with Walton and Chambers keeping things loose and swinging.
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Cedar Walton — piano
- Hank Mobley — 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 earliest on file is a 1984 US Blue Note BST 84426, listed as remastered and carrying an RVG stamp. Everything else is 1985: a French pressing of the same number, a Japanese stereo reissue, and a Japanese promo as BNJ 71064. There is no mono row, no Sixties jacket variant and no audiophile reissue in the data, so buy on condition and pressing country.
| 1984 | Blue Note · BST 84426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Blue Note · BST 84426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1985 | Blue Note · 4BN 84426 — Cassette, Album, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1985 | Blue Note · BST 84426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1985 | Blue Note · BNJ 71064 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1988 | Blue Note · CDP 7 84426 2 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1995 | Blue Note · CDP 7 84426 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Repress · RVG stamp |
| 2014 | Blue Note · UCCQ-5023 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
| 2017 | Blue Note · UCCQ-3003 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · CDP 7 84426 2 — CDr, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1998 | Blue Note · TOCJ-1628 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2014 | Blue Note — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, Stereo, VBR |
| 2021 | Blue Note — STEREO |
Follow the players
Paul Chambers also plays on
Billy Higgins also plays on
Cedar Walton also plays on