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What's New? (New Jazz From Teo Macero And Bob Prince)

What's New? (New Jazz From Teo Macero And Bob Prince) cover
Recordedc. 1956
LabelColumbia
CatalogCL 842
Released1956
Personnel22 credited players
Discogsmaster 1236113

The record

Columbia let composer-minded Teo Macero and conductor Bob Prince chase Third Stream ideas with accordion and vibraphone tucked among sharp downtown horns. Phil Woods, Mal Waldron, and Teddy Kotick treat the charts like serious writing, not dance fare.

Session personnel

  • Orlando Di Girolamo — accordion
  • Phil Woods — alto saxophone
  • George Barrow — baritone saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
  • Teddy Kotick — bass
  • Wendell Marshall — bass
  • John Laporta — clarinet, alto saxophone
  • Robert Prince — conductor, vibraphone
  • Ed Shaughnessy — drums
  • Joe Harris — drums
  • Harvey Leonard — piano
  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Ed Wasserman — tenor saxophone
  • Frank Socolow — tenor saxophone
  • Teo Macero — tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Bert — trombone
  • Al Stewart — trumpet
  • Jon Eardley — trumpet
  • Kunst Bauer — trumpet
  • Nick Travis — trumpet
  • Phil Sunkel — trumpet
  • Don Butterfield — tuba

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1956Columbia

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