Pausa Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Great Connection
| Recorded | Oct 1971 |
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| Label | Pausa Records |
| Released | 1971 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 198396 |
The record
NHØP was barely out of his teens when this session was cut, yet his lines match the pianist step for step while Hayes keeps the tempo brisk. Pausa's reissue preserves a quartet-minus-one energy -- fast, sharp, no ballad padding.
Session personnel
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
- Louis Hayes — drums
- Oscar Peterson — piano
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 29 pressings on file.
| 1974 | MPS Records · MC 21281 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1974 | MPS Records · 21 21281-5 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 30 53510 (1281-5) — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 21 21281-6 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1974 | MPS Records · MDLP 12526 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 21 21281-5 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 21 21281-Z — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 21 31281-5 — Cassette, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · UXP-73-P — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · 2121281-5 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · YP-7045-MP — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · G-21281 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1974 | MPS Records · BFL 3085 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1975 | Orlador · 2088 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition |
Follow the players
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen also plays on
Louis Hayes also plays on