Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen
| Recorded | 1959 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 821082 |
The record
Arlen tunes get dressed up in horns pulled from the Basie and CBS pool, the octet framing rather than crowding the leader's warm, fleet-fingered lead lines.
Session personnel
- Charlie Fowlkes — baritone saxophone
- Joe Benjamin — bass
- Wendell Marshall — bass
- Osie Johnson — drums
- Tal Farlow — guitar
- Dick Hyman — piano
- Frank Wess — tenor saxophone, flute
- Benny Powell — trombone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1960 | Verve Records · MG V-8371 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1960 | His Master's Voice · CSD 1357 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1960 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1439 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1960 | Verve Records · VSTP 247 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel |
| 1968 | Verve Records · MG VS-68371 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo |
| 1975 | Verve Records — STEREO |
| 1976 | Verve Records · MV 2589 — Vinyl, LP, Test Pressing, Stereo |
| 2021 | Verve Records · UCCU-41010 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, UHQCD |
| — | Verve Records · MG V-8371 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| — | Verve Records · V6-8371 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo |
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