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The Nat Pierce-Dick Collins Nonet / The Charlie Mariano Sextet
| Recorded | Mar 1953 |
|---|---|
| Label | Fantasy |
| Released | 1953 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1385804 |
The record
A split-bill West Coast date pairing two working bands of the early-'50s cool school -- Pierce and Collins leading a brassy, arranger-savvy nonet, Mariano fronting his own sextet with the fluid, Konitz-inflected alto that made his name. Fantasy caught both units mid-decade, a snapshot of the era's chamber-jazz ambitions before Mariano's sound hardened into something tougher.
Session personnel
- Charlie Mariano — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Dick Hafer — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Jack Nimitz — baritone saxophone
- Red Kelly — bass
- Vernon Alley — bass
- Cy Touff — bass trumpet
- Gus Gustafson — drums
- Joe MacDonald — drums
- Nat Pierce — piano
- Richard Wyands — piano
- Jerry Coker — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Sonny Truitt — trombone, baritone saxophone
- Dick Collins — trumpet
- John Howell — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| — | Fantasy · 3-224 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Red earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Fantasy |
| — | Fantasy · LFJ-70025 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Promo, Stereo |
| — | Fantasy · LFJ-70025 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo |
Follow the players
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