New Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Straight Ahead
| Recorded | Mar 1, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Label | New Jazz |
| Catalog | NJ 8255 |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 56205 |
The record
Cut months before his own breakthrough date, this Prestige session sets Dolphy's alto and bass clarinet loose against Nelson's arranging discipline. Wyands, Duvivier, and Haynes hold the postbop frame steady while the reeds push at its edges.
Session personnel
- Eric Dolphy — alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Oliver Nelson — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
- George Duvivier — bass
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Richard Wyands — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1961 US mono NJ 8255, with a Japanese MJ-7031 the same year and a 1962 UK Esquire 32-168 close behind. A 1964 mono reissue reuses NJ 8255, so read the labels rather than the catalog number. Original Jazz Classics reissued it as OJC-099 in 1984 in both US and French pressings -- the sane way in if the original is out of reach.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 23 pressings on file.
| 1961 | Prestige · NJ 8255 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue OJC |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue OJC |
| 1961 | Prestige · MJ-7031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Prestige · PPR 083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1961 | Top Rank International · MJ-7031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1962 | Esquire · 32-168 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1964 | Prestige · NJ 8255 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1966 | Prestige · PPR 083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1976 | Prestige · SMJ-6506(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1976 | Prestige · SMJ-6506(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-099 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1984 | Prestige · 823.571-1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1989 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-099-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Eric Dolphy also plays on
Oliver Nelson also plays on
George Duvivier also plays on