Prestige
Bird Feathers
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| Recorded | 1958 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 8204 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 15 credited players |
| Discogs | master 224473 |
The record
Five alto players sit in the credits -- Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Jackie McLean, Hal McKusick and John Jenkins -- plus Billy Byers on trombone, three bassists, three drummers and three pianists. Six titles, including 'Solar', 'Airegin' and 'Con Alma'. Buy it for the alto playing; the listing will not tell you who is on which track. Prestige PRLP 8204, mono, 1958.
Tracks
- Solar
- Bird Feathers
- Interim
- Airegin
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- Con Alma
Session personnel
- Gene Quill — Alto Saxophone
- Hal McKusick — Alto Saxophone
- Jackie McLean — Alto Saxophone
- John Jenkins (2) — Alto Saxophone
- Phil Woods — Alto Saxophone
- Doug Watkins — Bass
- Paul Chambers (3) — Bass
- Teddy Kotick — Bass
- Art Taylor — Drums
- Charlie Persip — Drums
- Nick Stabulas — Drums
- Eddie Costa — Piano
- George Syran — Piano
- Wade Legge — Piano
- Billy Byers — Trombone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 8204 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file |
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| — | New Jazz · PRLP-8204 — Vinyl, LP, Mono · deep groove |
| 1977 | Prestige · VIJ-5029M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1989 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-1735 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition |
| 1989 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-1735-2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
| 2013 | Prestige · UCCO-5354 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD |
| — | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-1735-2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue |
Follow the players
Gene Quill also plays on
Hal McKusick also plays on
Jackie McLean also plays on
John Jenkins (2) also plays on