New Land · in the Kissa Kissa racks
A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry
| Recorded | Oct 1957 |
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| Label | New Land |
| Catalog | BCP 6026 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 373240 |
The record
Spoken verse collides with jump-cut ensemble writing here, Mingus steering his band toward theater rather than straight blowing. Knepper, Hadi, and the paired trumpets of Hardman and Shaw navigate the knotty charts while Richmond keeps the design lurching forward.
Session personnel
- Charles Mingus — bass, written-by
- Dannie Richmond — drums
- Bob Hammer — piano
- Horace Parlan — piano
- Shafi Hadi — tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Jimmy Knepper — trombone
- Bill Hardman — trumpet
- Clarence Shaw — 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 17 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Bethlehem Records · BCP 6026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1959 | Bethlehem Records · BCP 6026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1960 | Bethlehem Records · BS 6026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1984 | Bethlehem Records · BCP 6026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1994 | Bethlehem Records · 20-40092 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1994 | Bethlehem Records · 5171826 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1997 | Charly Records · CDGR 131 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2001 | Get Back · GET 2002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2001 | Avenue Jazz · R2 76678 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2003 | Jazz Heritage Society · 5171826 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 2005 | Shout! Factory · DK 37964 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2007 | Bethlehem Records · VICJ-61484 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |
| 2009 | Doxy · DOX810LP — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180 gram |
| 2013 | Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-6042 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono |
Follow the players
Charles Mingus also plays on
Dannie Richmond also plays on
Bob Hammer also plays on