MCA Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Jazz Messengers
| Recorded | Mar 8-9, 1957 |
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| Label | MCA Impulse! |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 176733 |
The record
Merritt's bass and Timmons' piano anchor Shorter, Fuller and Morgan on this Impulse! set, the sextet lineup that would soon push the Messengers' book into thornier harmonic territory.
Session personnel
- Jymie Merritt — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 2012 | Jazz Wax Records · JWR 4539 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, 180 gram earliest on file |
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| 1987 | MCA Impulse! · MCAD-5886 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1987 | MCA Impulse! |
| — | Jasmine Records · JAS 72 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| — | Atlantic · 30 015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| — | Росмэн · РА 07 11 — Cassette, Compilation |
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