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Saxes, Inc.

Recorded	c. 1959
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Released	1959
Personnel	17 credited players
Discogs	master 784363

The record

A stacked reed session pulling together some of New York's sharpest alto men -- Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Herb Geller -- alongside Al Cohn and a burly baritone section, arranged as a saxophone choir rather than a blowing date. Late-'50s Warner Bros. studio jazz built on section-writing craft, with Katz, Duvivier and Johnson keeping the rhythm loose under all that horn weight.

Session personnel

Gene Quill — alto saxophone
Herb Geller — alto saxophone
Phil Woods — alto saxophone
Al Epstein — baritone saxophone
Gene Allen — baritone saxophone
Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
George Duvivier — bass
Shelly Gold — bass saxophone
Osie Johnson — drums
Dick Katz — piano
Hal McKusick — soprano saxophone
Al Cohn — tenor saxophone
Georgie Auld — tenor saxophone
Morty Lewis — tenor saxophone
Seldon Powell — tenor saxophone
Zoot Sims — tenor saxophone
Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone, soloist

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1959	Warner Bros. Records · WS-1336(S) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1959	Warner Bros. Records — MONO
1959	Warner Bros. Records · WS-1336 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Warner Bros. Records · W 1336 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1961	Warner Bros. Records · WS 8040 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1962	Warner Bros. Records · AD 1336-1 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1962	Warner Bros. Records · LPW. 1514 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1962	Warner Bros. Records · ED 1336-1 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
2013	Warner Bros. Records · WPCR-27371 — CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono