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Thad Jones

Thad Jones cover
RecordedAug 11, 1954 & Mar 10, 1955
LabelDebut Records
CatalogDEB-127
Released1954
Personnel7 credited players
Discogsmaster 464239

The record

Debut Fifties leadership date from the Detroit-bred trumpeter, cut for Debut with Mingus's own label backing him and a rhythm section split between Clarke and Roach -- a snapshot of a young voice already bending bebop toward something more lyrical.

Session personnel

  • Charles Mingus — bass
  • Kenny Clarke — drums
  • Max Roach — drums
  • Hank Jones — piano
  • John Dennis — piano
  • Frank Wess — tenor saxophone, flute
  • Thad Jones — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1956Debut Records · DEB-127 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Styrene, Mono earliest on file
1991Original Jazz Classics
1991Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-625-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1991Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5625 — Cassette, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1991Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-625-2 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
1995Barna Records Lab, S.L. — CD, Compilation

Follow the players

Charles Mingus also plays on

Kenny Clarke also plays on

Max Roach also plays on

Hank Jones also plays on