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Baiyina (The Clear Evidence)

Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) cover
RecordedJun 11, 1968
LabelReal Gone Music
CatalogPR 7589
Released1968
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 350664

The record

A 1968 detour into raga-tinged modal jazz, with dual guitars and Richard Davis's bass anchoring long, hypnotic vamps under Martino's spidery lines. Miles from his hard-bop dates, it's the sound of a young virtuoso stretching toward the East just as fusion's horizons opened up.

Session personnel

  • Gregory Herbert — alto saxophone, flute
  • Richard Davis — bass
  • Charlie Persip — drums
  • Pat Martino — guitar
  • Bobby Rose — guitar [second guitar]

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1968Prestige · PR 7589 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp
1968Prestige · PR 7589 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1970Prestige · SMJ-7520 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1972Prestige · PR 7589 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1989Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-355-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989Original Jazz Classics · OJC-355 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2022Real Gone Music — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION
2022Real Gone Music · RGM-1434 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Orange Vinyl
2022Real Gone Music · RGM-1434 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Pink With Red Marble
2022Real Gone Music · RGM-1434 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo
Prestige · PR 7589 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-355-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress
Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-355-2 — CD, Album

Follow the players

Gregory Herbert also plays on

Richard Davis also plays on

Charlie Persip also plays on

Pat Martino also plays on