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The Aladdin Sessions
| Recorded | Oct 1945 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1945 |
| Personnel | 25 credited players |
| Discogs | master 680700 |
The record
Fresh from Army discharge, Young works through a run of West Coast rhythm sections on these Aladdin sides, his sound softened but still edged. Willie Smith's alto and Chico Hamilton's brushwork mark the turn from big-band tenor toward something cooler and slower to land.
Session personnel
- Willie Smith — alto saxophone
- Curly Russell — bass
- Curtis Counce — bass
- Red Callender — bass
- Rodney Richardson — bass
- Ted Briscoe — bass
- Chico Hamilton — drums
- Henry Tucker Green — drums
- Johnny Otis — drums
- Lyndall Marshall — drums
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Tiny Kahn — drums
- Chuck Wayne — guitar
- Fred Lacey — guitar
- Freddie Green — guitar
- Irving Ashby — guitar
- Argonne Thornton — piano
- Dodo Marmarosa — piano
- Gene DiNovi — piano
- Joe Albany — piano
- Wesley Jones — piano
- Lester Young — tenor saxophone
- Vic Dickenson — trombone
- Howard McGhee — trumpet
- Shorty McConnell — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1975 | Blue Note · BN-LA456-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Research Craft earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1975 | Blue Note — MONO |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84 483/84 XC — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BN-LA456-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono |
| 1975 | Blue Note · 8418/19 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST 84 483/84 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono · gatefold |
| 1978 | Blue Note · BND 4022 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono |
| 1978 | Blue Note · ABNST 236517 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono |
Follow the players
Willie Smith also plays on
Curly Russell also plays on
Curtis Counce also plays on