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The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet

Recorded	Oct 1955
Label	Bethlehem Records
Released	1955
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 666918

The record

Mann and Sam Most split flute duties in a piano-less quartet, letting Joe Puma's guitar carry the harmony while the two lines dart and answer each other. Recorded for Bethlehem in October '55, well ahead of Mann's crossover years.

Session personnel

James Gannon — bass
Lee Kleinman — drums
Herbie Mann — flute
Sam Most — flute
Joe Puma — guitar

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1955	Bethlehem Records · BCP-40 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1955	Bethlehem Records
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-40 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1957	London Records · LTZ-N15049 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	Polydor · MP 2351 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1977	Bethlehem Records · BCP 010 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1994	Bethlehem Records · BET 6008-2 — CD, Album, Reissue
1999	Avenue Jazz · R2 75731 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2007	Solid Records (6) · VICJ-61480 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2013	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-6037 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2016	Sinetone AMR · AMR 5950 — File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps
2017	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-45512 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, UHQ
2018	Ultra-Vybe · UVJZ-10198 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, UHQ
—	Bethlehem Records · BCP-40 — Vinyl, LP, Album