Jazz Workshop · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Exploring The Future
| Recorded | Apr 8, 1958 |
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| Label | Jazz Workshop |
| Catalog | DTL 247 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 620232 |
The record
The lineup had shifted by 1958, Elmo Hope's angular piano and Rolf Ericson's trumpet replacing familiar faces on this Jazz Workshop date. Frank Butler's drumming pushes hard throughout, marking one of the band's least-known sessions.
Session personnel
- Curtis Counce — bass
- Frank Butler — drums
- Elmo Hope — piano
- Harold Land — tenor saxophone
- Rolf Ericson — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Dootone Records · DTL 247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1972 | Dootone Records · DTL 247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1970 | Dootone Records · DTL 247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1970 | Dootone Records · DTL 247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1984 | Boplicity Records · BOP 7 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1987 | Polydor · J33J-20141 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1989 | Fresh Sound Records · FSR-694 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1996 | Boplicity Records · CDBOP 007 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2013 | Boplicity Records · CDBOPM 007 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono, Digipak |
| 2016 | Jazz Workshop — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION |
| — | Dootone Records · DTL 247 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Curtis Counce also plays on
Frank Butler also plays on
Elmo Hope also plays on