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Up At "Minton's", Vol. 1
| Recorded | Feb 23, 1961 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | 84069 |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 355467 |
The record
Cut live at Minton's Playhouse, this quintet catches Parlan's rootsy piano and Grant Green's clean lines framing a big, patient tenor sound. A room recording, loose and unforced, not a studio polish job.
Session personnel
- George Tucker — bass
- Al Harewood — drums
- Grant Green — guitar
- Horace Parlan — piano
- Stanley Turrentine — tenor saxophone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.
| 1961 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, W63/DG earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1961 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No DG · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, NY/DG · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1962 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; Plastylite ear |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, No DG · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84069 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo · deep groove; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, No DG · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| — | Blue Note · BST 84069 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, No DG · RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1961 | Blue Note · 84069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 84069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, All Disc Records Pressing |
| 1983 | Blue Note · K18P-9239 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
George Tucker also plays on
Al Harewood also plays on
Grant Green also plays on