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Ain't No Way

Ain't No Way cover
RecordedMay 10, 1968 & Jun 23, 1969
LabelBlue Note
Released1968
Personnel8 credited players
Discogsmaster 1015317

The record

Recorded piecemeal with shifting rhythm sections, this one sets Scott's organ against Tyner's piano while Ponder's guitar roughs up the leader's churchy tone.

Session personnel

  • Gene Taylor — bass
  • Billy Cobham — drums
  • McCoy Tyner — piano
  • Stanley Turrentine — tenor saxophone
  • Bob Cranshaw — bass
  • Ray Lucas — drums
  • Jimmy Ponder — guitar
  • Shirley Scott — organ

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1981Blue Note
2012Blue Note · TOCJ-50302 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2021Blue Note · UCCU-8157 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

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