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The Street Swingers

Recorded	1957
Label	World Pacific Records
Released	1957
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 493840

The record

Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney trade guitar lines with easy swing while the horn keeps things loose underneath. Cut for World Pacific at the height of the guitar-forward cool jazz vogue, East Coast players working a West Coast sound.

Session personnel

Bill Crow — bass
Osie Johnson — drums
Jim Hall — guitar
Jimmy Raney — guitar
Bob Brookmeyer — valve trombone, piano, liner notes

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1958	World Pacific Records · PJ-1239 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
2009	Lone Hill Jazz · LHJ10374 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono OJC · RVG stamp
1958	Music · LPM 2063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove; laminated sleeve
2011	Phoenix Records (15) · 131525 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp
1958	World Pacific Records — MONO
1958	Vogue Records · LAE 12147 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1958	Artist · AEP 1013 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP, Mono
1958	World Pacific Records · PFJ-5026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1981	Pacific Jazz · K23P 6715 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, with Obi
1981	Pacific Jazz · K23P 6715 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono, with Obi
1991	World Pacific Records · PJ-1239 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, OBI
1991	World Pacific Records · PJ-1239 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, OBI
2009	Lone Hill Jazz · LHJ 10374 — CD, Compilation