Prestige
Memorial Volume One
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| Recorded | 1955 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PRLP 7008 |
| Released | 1955 |
| Personnel | 15 credited players |
| Discogs | master 359791 |
The record
Gray leads on tenor and the cast around him shifts: the credits carry three pianists, three bassists and three drummers, with Frank Morgan's alto and Teddy Charles's vibraphone turning up too. Twelve tracks including 'Twisted' and 'The Man I Love'. Ira Gitler wrote the notes, Rudy Van Gelder remastered, Ray Avery shot the cover. Prestige PRLP 7008.
Tracks
- Twisted
- Easy Living
- Southside
- Sweet Lorraine
- Blue Gray
- Grayhound
- So Long Broadway
- Paul's Cause
- The Man I Love
- Lavonne
- A Sinner Kissed An Angel
- Treadin'
Session personnel
- Frank Morgan — Alto Saxophone
- Dick Niveson — Bass
- James "Beans" Richardson — Bass
- Tommy Potter — Bass
- Art Mardigan — Drums
- Lawrence Marable — Drums
- Roy Haynes — Drums
- Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
- Ray Avery — Photography By [Cover Photo]
- Al Haig — Piano
- Phil Hill — Piano
- Sonny Clark — Piano
- Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By
- Wardell Gray — Tenor Saxophone
- Teddy Charles — Vibraphone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1955 | Prestige · PRLP 7008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp |
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| 1955 | Prestige · PRLP 7008 — Vinyl LP Album Remastered Mono |
| 1957 | Esquire · 32-016 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
| 1958 | Prestige · PRLP 7008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1972 | Prestige · PJ-2-7008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1972 | Prestige · PJ-2-7008 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1992 | Prestige · VICJ-23703 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1999 | Prestige · VICJ-60426 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2006 | Prestige · VICJ-41758 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2013 | Prestige · UCCO-5208 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM |
Follow the players
Frank Morgan also plays on
Dick Niveson also plays on
James "Beans" Richardson also plays on