Modern Harmonic · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Here Comes The Whistleman
| Recorded | Mar 14, 1965 |
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| Label | Modern Harmonic |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 295129 |
The record
A shape-shifting session with Byard and Lonnie Liston Smith splitting piano chores while Holley's bowed, hummed bass and Crosby's drums keep things loose. Vaudeville-tinged post-bop that pushes the small-group format into stranger corners.
Session personnel
- Roland Kirk — alto saxophone
- Major Holley — double bass
- Charles Crosby — drums
- Jaki Byard — piano
- Lonnie Liston Smith — 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 22 pressings on file.
| 1967 | Atlantic · 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Terre Haute Press earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
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| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, MO - Monarch Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing |
| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1967 | Atlantic · ALM 83007 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album |
| 1967 | Atlantic · 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1967 | Atlantic · SD 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Columbia Pressing |
| 1985 | Atlantic · 40 389 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1998 | Atlantic · 7567-80785-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Digipak |
| 1998 | EastWest Japan · AMCY-1212 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2001 | Label M · 495720 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2004 | Water · water128 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2009 | Atlantic · SD 3007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Roland Kirk also plays on
Major Holley also plays on
Charles Crosby also plays on