Bethlehem Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
`Round Midnight
| Recorded | Dec 1956 |
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| Label | Bethlehem Records |
| Catalog | BCP-69 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 720735 |
The record
Red Mitchell's rounded bass tone and Mel Lewis's brushwork frame a compact trio date from the close of 1956, Williamson working standards and bebop lines with unforced clarity. Bethlehem's piano series rarely sounded this settled.
Session personnel
- Red Mitchell — bass
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Claude Williamson — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.
| 1957 | Bethlehem Records · BCP-69 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1974 | Polydor · MP 2369 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1976 | Bethlehem Records — MONO |
| 1976 | Bethlehem Records · 22AP126 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1981 | Bethlehem Records · PAP-23006(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1981 | Trio Records · PAP-23006(M) — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1984 | Bethlehem Records · YP-7112-BE — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1991 | Bethlehem Records · SGD-34 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1993 | Bethlehem Records · COCY-75745 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1996 | Bethlehem Records · 20-3021-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1996 | Bethlehem Records · COCY-80343 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2000 | Avenue Jazz · R2 79852 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2000 | Bethlehem Records · TOCJ-62037 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2005 | Bethlehem Records · TOCJ-6345 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
Follow the players
Red Mitchell also plays on
Mel Lewis also plays on
Claude Williamson also plays on