Master Jazz Recordings · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Nifty Cat Strikes West
| Recorded | c. 1966 |
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| Label | Master Jazz Recordings |
| Released | 1966 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
The record
A riff-happy sextet backs the trumpeter here, Bellson driving hard from the kit while Grover Mitchell's trombone thickens the front line. Recorded on the coast in the mid-'60s, it finds him still blowing high and unbothered by the bebop tide that passed him by.
Session personnel
- Norman Keenan — bass
- Louis Bellson — drums
- Bill Bell — piano
- Eric Dixon — tenor saxophone
- Grover Mitchell — trombone
- Roy Eldridge — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1966 | Master Jazz Recordings — STEREO |
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