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Serge & Boots Plays The Fable Of Mabel
| Recorded | Jun 9, 1954 |
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| Label | Trio Records |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
| Discogs | master 648896 |
The record
Boston, 1954: Boots Mussulli's alto tangles with Chaloff's behind-the-beat baritone across a frontline stacked with Herb Pomeroy and the doomed Dick Twardzik. Bebop still thick on the ground in New England, caught here before Chaloff's later work redefined him.
Session personnel
- Boots Mussulli — alto saxophone
- Charlie Mariano — alto saxophone
- Serge Chaloff — baritone saxophone
- Jimmy Woode — bass
- Ray Oliveri — bass
- Buzzy Drootin — drums
- Jimmy Zitano — drums
- Dick Twardzik — piano
- Russ Freeman — piano
- Varty Haroutunian — tenor saxophone
- Gene DiStachio — trombone
- Herb Pomeroy — trumpet
- Nick Capazutto — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1957 | Vogue Records · LAE 12052 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1976 | Trio Records — MONO |
| 1997 | Storyville (3) · TKCB-71283 — CD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| — | Storyville (3) · EP 413 — Vinyl, 7", EP, Red Vinyl |
| — | Storyville (3) · EP 412 — Vinyl, 7", EP, Red Vinyl |
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