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Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Volume 2

Volume 2 cover
RecordedMay 9, 1952 & Apr 20, 1953
LabelUMe
CatalogBLP 1502
Released1952
Personnel10 credited players
Discogsmaster 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.

1956Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge
1956Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge
1957Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1957Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · 47 W 63rd address
1957Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Mono, NY23/Lex · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address
1959Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1959Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; laminated sleeve
1961Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve
1966Blue Note · BLP 1502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear
1968Blue Note · BST 81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Liberty Blue/White label · RVG stamp
1968Blue Note · BST 81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mispress, Misprint, Reissue, Liberty Blue/White label · RVG stamp
1973Blue Note · BST-81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Black b · RVG stamp
1973Blue Note · BST-81502 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing · RVG stamp
1975Blue 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

Art Blakey also plays on