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The Huckle-Buck And Robbins' Nest (A Buck Clayton Jam Session)

Buck Clayton

Recorded	Dec 14, 1953
Label	Columbia
Released	1953
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 312179

The record

Two riff-based warhorses stretch into extended blowing vehicles here, powered by the Basie rhythm trio of Page, Green, and Jones. Unhurried and solo-heavy, this Columbia session gave swing veterans room the three-minute 78 never allowed.

Session personnel

Lem Davis — alto saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes — baritone saxophone
Walter Page — bass
Jo Jones — drums
Freddie Green — guitar
Sir Charles Thompson — piano
Julian Dash — tenor saxophone
Henderson Chambers — trombone
Urbie Green — trombone
Joe Newman — trumpet
Buck Clayton — trumpet, leader

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 16 pressings on file.

1954	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1954	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album · deep groove
1954	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Hollywood Pressing
1955	Columbia — MONO
1955	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Repress
1955	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Repress, Hollywood Press
1955	Philips · B 07.022 L — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1955	Columbia · CL 548 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Blue LP Logo Rear Cover
1979	CBS/Sony · 20AP 1427 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1980	CBS · STR 20004 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1987	CBS · 21112 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1987	CBS · FSR-626 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
2014	Sony Records Int'l · SICP-4274 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
—	CBS · 52078 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono