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Group Activity
| Recorded | c. 1981 |
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| Label | Affinity |
| Released | 1981 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
The record
Given the presence of Bob Gordon, who died in 1955, this is a reissue gathering West Coast dates from jazz's cool-toned mid-'50s heyday, not a 1981 session proper. Cooper leads a rotating cast of Lighthouse-scene regulars -- Manne, Counce, Shank, Roberts among them -- through arrangements that favor unison lines and easy swing over hard bop's heat.
Session personnel
- Herb Geller — alto saxophone
- Bob Gordon — baritone saxophone
- Bud Shank — baritone saxophone
- Curtis Counce — bass
- Joe Mondragon — bass
- Max Bennett — bass
- Shelly Manne — drums
- Stan Levey — drums
- Howard Roberts — guitar
- Claude Williamson — piano
- Bill Holman — tenor saxophone
- Bob Cooper — tenor saxophone
- Don Fagerquist — trumpet
- Nick Travis — trumpet
- Bob Enevoldsen — valve trombone
- Stu Williamson — valve trombone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1981 | Affinity |
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