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Atlantic · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Indo-Jazz Suite

Indo-Jazz Suite cover
Recordedc. 1966
LabelAtlantic
Released1966
Personnel7 credited players
Discogsmaster 223310

The record

Two quintets merge on this session, the alto man's jazz players locking with John Mayer's Indian classical unit to set ragas inside swing without flattening either idiom -- an early fusion move years before raga-rock caught on, Kenny Wheeler's trumpet weaving through the double lineup.

Session personnel

  • Joe Harriott — alto saxophone
  • Coleridge Goode — bass
  • Allan Ganley — drums
  • Chris Taylor — flute
  • Pat Smythe — piano
  • Kenny Wheeler — trumpet
  • John Mayer — violin, harpsichord

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 27 pressings on file.

1966Atlantic · 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve; gatefold
1966Columbia · SX 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966Atlantic · 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966Atlantic · SD 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966Atlantic · SD 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1966Disques Festival · FLDZ 376 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1966Columbia · SCXO 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1966Columbia · SX 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966Columbia · SCX 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1966Columbia · SX 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966Atlantic · SD 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold
1966Columbia · 33OSX 6025 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1966Atlantic · 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1966Atlantic · SD 1465 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Follow the players

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Allan Ganley also plays on