Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
New York Jazz
| Recorded | Sep 14, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 346663 |
The record
Jimmy Jones comps crisp behind Ray Brown and Jo Jones's brushes while Stitt moves between alto and tenor with the same fluent bebop logic. Cut in September '56, this Verve session runs lean and unforced from start to finish.
Session personnel
- Sonny Stitt — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Ray Brown — bass
- Jo Jones — drums
- Jimmy Jones — piano
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 18 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1957 | Columbia · 33CX 10114 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1959 | Barclay · 3612 — Vinyl, LP, Mono |
| 1974 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1976 | Verve Records · MV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1982 | Verve Records · UMV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1982 | Verve Records · UMV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1992 | Verve Records · POJJ-1515 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2003 | Verve Records · 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2003 | Verve Records · 314 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition |
| 2003 | Verve Records — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz |
| 2016 | Verve Records · UCCV-9606 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, SHM-CD |
| — | Verve Records · 314 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition |
Follow the players
Sonny Stitt also plays on
Ray Brown also plays on
Jo Jones also plays on