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Atmosphere For Lovers And Thieves

Recorded	Sep 5-21, 1965
Label	Black Lion Records
Released	1965
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 528170

The record

Copenhagen exile shapes this session, the huge whispering horn settling into a Danish rhythm section led by Kenny Drew and a teenaged NHØP. Patience defines every track, a sound this player carried across the Atlantic.

Session personnel

Henrik Hartmann — bass
Hugo Rasmussen — bass
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen — bass
Alex Riel — drums
Hans Nymand — drums
Kenny Drew — piano
Niels Jørgen Steen — piano
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
Ole Kongsted — tenor saxophone
John Darville — trombone
Arnvid Meyer — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.

1971	Polydor · 2460 111 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1971	Black Lion Records · BLP 30105 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1971	Polydor · 2460-111 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1972	Black Lion Records · PA-7046 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1974	Black Lion Records — STEREO
1974	Black Lion Records · J 4253 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	Black Lion Records · BL-111 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	Black Lion Records · BL-111 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1974	Black Lion Records · (S) 4253 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1976	Black Lion Records · 3-10-404-034 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, 180g
1977	Trio Records · PA-6109 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1981	Jazz Man · JAZ 5007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1981	Jazz Man · JAZ5 5007 — Cassette
1981	Black Lion Records · BLP 30105 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Red Labels