Atlantic · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Word From Bird
| Recorded | Oct 23 & Nov 12, 1956 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
| Catalog | 1274 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
| Discogs | master 279500 |
The record
French horn and Jimmy Raney's guitar crowd against a rare doubled bass line of Mingus and Addison Farmer on this October 1956 Atlantic session. Dense, arranger-driven writing pulls Bird's vocabulary into cooler, thicker textures than the standard bebop frame allowed.
Session personnel
- Hal Stein — alto saxophone
- George Barrow — baritone saxophone
- Addison Farmer — bass
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Ed Shaughnessy — drums
- Jim Buffington — french horn
- Jimmy Raney — guitar
- Hall Overton — piano
- Bob Newman — tenor saxophone
- Eddie Bert — trombone
- Art Farmer — trumpet
- Don Butterfield — tuba
- Teddy Charles — vibraphone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Atlantic · 1274 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1977 | Atlantic · P-7537A — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1992 | Atlantic — MONO |
| 2000 | Koch Jazz · KOC CD-8542 — CD, HDCD, Album, Reissue |
| 2006 | Collectables · COL-CD-6747 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2013 | Atlantic · WPCR-27238 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2013 | Atlantic · WPCR-27238 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| — | Atlantic — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR |
Follow the players
Hal Stein also plays on
George Barrow also plays on
Addison Farmer also plays on