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Pacific Jazz · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins

Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins cover
RecordedMar 25, 1954 & May 2, 1955
LabelPacific Jazz
Released1954
Personnel9 credited players
Discogsmaster 415421

The record

Three horns crowd the frame here -- Bill Perkins' reeds and Shorty Rogers' flugelhorn trading against the leader's alto, Hampton Hawes seated in for one of two rhythm sections. Unison lines win out over solo fireworks on this March '54 date.

Session personnel

  • Bud Shank — alto saxophone, alto flute
  • Bill Perkins — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Harry Babasin — bass
  • Red Mitchell — bass
  • Mel Lewis — drums
  • Roy Harte — drums
  • Shorty Rogers — flugelhorn [flugle horn]
  • Hampton Hawes — piano
  • Jimmy Rowles — piano

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1955Pacific Jazz · PJ-1205 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1955Pacific Jazz
1955Music · lpm 2077 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1960World Pacific Records — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1970World Pacific Records · PJ-1205 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1983Pacific Jazz · K18P-9261 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1987Pacific Jazz · CP32-5356 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991Pacific Jazz · PJ-1205 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
2001Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-9333 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2001Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-9333 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2006Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-90061 — CD, Album, Mono
2021Pacific Jazz · UCCU-8165 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
Liberty · LLR 88029 — Vinyl, LP, Album
World Pacific Records · PJ-1205 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Follow the players

Bud Shank also plays on

Bill Perkins also plays on

Harry Babasin also plays on

Red Mitchell also plays on