Debut Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Max Roach Quartet Featuring Hank Mobley
| Recorded | Apr 10, 1953 |
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| Label | Debut Records |
| Catalog | DLP-13 |
| Released | 1953 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 306773 |
The record
A 1953 Debut date catching Mobley early, tucked into a compact hard-bop frontline with Gryce and Sulieman while Roach drives from behind the kit. Walter Davis Jr.'s piano work adds a bebop-schooled undertow that points toward the era's coming shift into harder, blues-inflected jazz.
Session personnel
- Gigi Gryce — alto saxophone
- Franklin Skeete — bass
- Max Roach — drums [uncredited]
- Walter Davis Jr. — piano
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Leon Comegys — trombone
- Idrees Sulieman — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1955 | Debut Records · DLP-13 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album earliest on file |
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| 1985 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-202 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono OJC |
| 1985 | Original Jazz Classics — STEREO |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-202-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
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