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Plays Baby Grand Jazz

Plays Baby Grand Jazz cover
Recordedc. 1959
LabelJubilee
CatalogJGM 1101
Released1959
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 922072

The record

Jubilee billed this as easy listening, but the trio work is sharper than that -- Levy's touch light and precise, Bennett and Johnson never overplaying their hand. Clean piano-jazz from a player who spent years keeping time behind Fitzgerald.

Session personnel

  • Lou Levy — baby grand piano
  • Max Bennett — bass
  • Gus Johnson — drums

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1959Jubilee · SDJLP 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1960Jubilee — MONO
1960Jubilee · JGS 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960Jubilee · JGS 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960Jubilee · JGS 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960Jubilee · JGM 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1986Jubilee · SDJLP 1101 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
1989Fresh Sound Records · FSR-CD94 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2003Jubilee · TOCJ-9479 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve
2016Jubilee · WPCR-29109 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

Follow the players

Lou Levy also plays on

Max Bennett also plays on

Gus Johnson also plays on