Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Complete Genius
| Recorded | Oct 15, 1947 & Jul 2, 1948 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1947 |
| Personnel | 19 credited players |
| Discogs | master 338489 |
The record
This compilation gathers Blue Note's opening statement, altoists and bassists rotating through sessions with Blakey and Roach both on hand. The harmonic vocabulary is already there, still being sorted out on the fly.
Session personnel
- Danny Quebec West — alto saxophone
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone
- Al McKibbon — bass
- Bob Paige — bass
- Gene Ramey — bass
- John Simmons — bass
- Nelson Boyd — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Max Roach — drums
- Shadow Wilson — drums
- Thelonious Monk — piano
- Billy Smith — tenor saxophone
- Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone
- George Taitt — trumpet
- Idrees Sulieman — trumpet
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
- Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibes]
- Kenny Hagood — vocals
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1976 | Blue Note · BN-LA579-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1976 | Blue Note — MONO |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BN-LA579-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BN-LA579-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono · gatefold |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BN-LA579-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono · gatefold |
| 1979 | Blue Note · BND 4032 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
| 1981 | World Record Club · WU 3871 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition |
| 1981 | World Record Club · R-08693 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition |
| 1982 | Liberty · LIBLP 1020/21 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold |
| — | Blue Note · BN-LA579-H2 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono · gatefold |
Follow the players
Danny Quebec West also plays on
Lou Donaldson also plays on
Sahib Shihab also plays on