Workshop Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Beat
| Recorded | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Label | Workshop Jazz |
| Catalog | W 220 |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 465831 |
The record
A hard-bop date led from the drum chair, with a front line stacked deep -- Blue Mitchell's trumpet and Junior Cook's tenor trading against Bohanon's trombone. Workshop Jazz rarely surfaces this kind of firepower on a leader debut, making it a sleeper worth the crate dig.
Session personnel
- Gene Taylor — bass
- Roy Brooks — drums
- Hugh Lawson — piano
- Junior Cook — tenor saxophone [saxman]
- George Bohanon — trombone
- Blue Mitchell — trumpet [trumpeter]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1964 | Workshop Jazz · W 220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| — | Tamla Motown · SMJ-7279 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1964 | Workshop Jazz · WS 220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Rockaway Pressing |
| 1964 | Workshop Jazz · W 220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Rockaway Pressing |
| 1964 | Workshop Jazz · WSJ-220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 2004 | Fresh Sound Records · FSR-CD 350 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2020 | Jazz Workshop (2) · JW-098 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 gram |
| 2022 | Workshop Jazz — STEREO |
| 2022 | Workshop Jazz · 220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Yellow |
| — | Stateside · JSL 5008 — Vinyl, LP |
Follow the players
Gene Taylor also plays on
Roy Brooks also plays on
Hugh Lawson also plays on