Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Volume 2

| Recorded | May 9, 1952 & Apr 20, 1953 |
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| Label | UMe |
| Catalog | BLP 1502 |
| Released | 1952 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
| Discogs | master 228641 |
The record
Companion session from the same May date, with Horace Silver stepping in alongside Gil Coggins and a young McLean already speaking hard bop's language fluently. The shifting frontline captures a scene still sorting out what came after bebop.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Oscar Pettiford — bass
- Percy Heath — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Gil Coggins — piano
- Horace Silver — piano
- Jimmy Heath — tenor saxophone
- J.J. Johnson — trombone
- Miles Davis — trumpet
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 90 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
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| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, NY23/Lex · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; laminated sleeve |
| 1961 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Liberty Blue/White label · RVG stamp |
| 1968 | Blue Note · BST 81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mispress, Misprint, Reissue, Liberty Blue/White label · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Black b · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST-81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, White b · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Jackie McLean also plays on
Oscar Pettiford also plays on
Percy Heath also plays on