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Jazz Mission To Moscow (Featuring Top Jazz Artists On Their Return From Tour Of Soviet Union 1962)

Zoot Sims

Recorded	Jul 12, 1962
Label	Colpix Records
Catalog	CP 433
Released	1962
Personnel	10 credited players
Discogs	master 716355

The record

Cut days after the State Department troupe touched down from the USSR, this Colpix date gathers a New York all-star crew -- Phil Woods, Eddie Costa, Mel Lewis among them -- fresh off cultural-exchange duty. Sims leads the charge with the loose, swinging authority of players who'd spent weeks proving jazz travels well.

Session personnel

Phil Woods — alto saxophone, clarinet
Jerry Dodgion — alto saxophone, flute
Gene Allen — baritone saxophone
Bill Crow — bass
Mel Lewis — drums
Eddie Costa — piano
Zoot Sims — tenor saxophone
Willie Dennis — trombone
Jimmy Maxwell — trumpet
Marky Markowitz — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove
1962	Colpix Records — STEREO
1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Colpix Records · SCP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Colpix Records · SCP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, White Label
1962	Colpix Records · CP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Monarch Pressing
1962	Colpix Records · SCP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Colpix Records · SCP 433 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1979	Ghent · GS-5003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2010	Colpix Records · TOCJ-50064 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2017	Warner Music Japan · WPCR-29201 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD