Mercury · in the Kissa Kissa racks
After Hours At The London House
| Recorded | Mar 7, 1958 |
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| Label | Mercury |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 300320 |
The record
Live trio dates at Chicago's After Hours sessions found her stripped of orchestral gloss, just Bright, Davis, and Haynes framing that instrument at its most conversational and unguarded. A late-night, intimate document of a singer who rarely worked this small a room on record.
Session personnel
- Richard Davis — bass
- Roy Haynes — drums
- Ronnell Bright — piano
- Frank Wess — tenor saxophone
- Henry Coker — trombone
- Thad Jones — trumpet
- Wendell Culley — trumpet
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 40 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Mercury · MG 20383 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1958 | Mercury · SR 60020 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Stereo |
| 1958 | Mercury · MG 20383 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono |
| 1958 | Mercury · STC 60020 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub |
| 1958 | Mercury · CMS 18008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1958 | Mercury · EP 60.137 — Vinyl, 7", 78 RPM, EP |
| 1958 | Mercury · SR 60020 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1958 | Mercury · MG 20383 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1958 | Mercury · MG 20383 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono |
| 1958 | Mercury · MVS2-38 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub |
| 1958 | Mercury · STC 60020 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub |
| 1958 | Mercury · MG 20383 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono, III |
| 1958 | Mercury · SR 60020 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Stereo |
| 1958 | Mercury · SR 60020 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Stereo |
Follow the players
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Ronnell Bright also plays on