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On Impulse!
| Recorded | Jul 1965 |
|---|---|
| Label | Impulse! |
| Released | 1965 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 174516 |
The record
Impulse! gets a brief visit here, Bryant's blues-rooted piano anchoring a tight quartet built for straight-ahead swing rather than the outward reach the label was chasing elsewhere. Broad-shouldered tenor work, mid-decade and unbothered by trend.
Session personnel
- Walter Booker — bass
- Mickey Roker — drums
- Ray Bryant — piano
- Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
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 81 pressings on file.
| 1965 | Impulse! · A-91 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Analogue Productions · CIPJ 91 SA — SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue Kevin Gray remaster |
| 1965 | Impulse! · A-91 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1965 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1915 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| 1965 | Impulse! · AS-91 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1965 | Sparton Impulse! Records · A-91-S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1965 | Impulse! · A-91 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1966 | Impulse! · 221-03 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| 1966 | Impulse! · 221-03 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1966 | Impulse! · SH-3068 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1967 | Impulse! · AS-91 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Impulse! · AS-91 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1972 | Impulse! · AS-91 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Probe · AS-91 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Walter Booker also plays on
Mickey Roker also plays on
Ray Bryant also plays on