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Leroy Walks Again

Leroy Vinnegar Quintet

Recorded	Aug 1, 1962 & Mar 5, 1963
Label	Contemporary Records
Released	1962
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 441827

The record

This sequel to Vinnegar's debut stacks the bench deep, pairing Teddy Edwards' tenor with a young Roy Ayers on vibes for extra bite. Two drummers and two keyboard voices rotate through the date, but the bassist's steady quarter notes hold the center.

Session personnel

Leroy Vinnegar — bass
Milt Turner — drums
Ron Jefferson — drums
Mike Melvoin — piano
Victor Feldman — piano, vibraphone
Teddy Edwards — tenor saxophone
Freddie Hill — trumpet
Roy Ayers — vibraphone

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 16 pressings on file.

1963	Contemporary Records · M7608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1963	Contemporary Records · S7608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1963	Contemporary Records · S7608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1963	Contemporary Records — MONO
1963	Contemporary Records · s-3608 — Vinyl, LP
1963	Contemporary Records · M 3608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Contemporary Records · LAC.570 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Contemporary Records · S3608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1963	Vogue · LACM 6024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1963	Contemporary Records · M3608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1963	Contemporary Records · S7608 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, No Deep Groove
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5454 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-454 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1990	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-454-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered