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Arista · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Paper Man

Paper Man cover
RecordedJul 2, 1968
LabelArista
Released1968
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 182398

The record

A late-'60s date that catches the post-Blue Note generation stretching out, with Tolliver's brass-bright trumpet and Bartz's alto trading angular lines over Hancock, Carter, and Chambers -- rhythm section royalty pushing hard bop toward freer terrain.

Session personnel

  • Gary Bartz — alto saxophone
  • Ron Carter — bass
  • Charles Tolliver — composed by, trumpet, producer
  • Joe Chambers — drums
  • Herbie Hancock — piano

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

We hold no original-era LP for this title. The earliest on file is a 1975 US Arista, AL 1002, itself listed as a reissue, with a Canadian copy and a test pressing from the same year under that same number. The only other entry is a 1976 Italian Black Lion, BLP 30117. If a first issue is what you are after, this list will not get you there.

1975Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, CTH pressing earliest on file
1975Arista
1975Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1975Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1975Arista · AL 1002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo, CTH pressing
1976Black Lion Records · BLP 30117 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Follow the players

Gary Bartz also plays on

Ron Carter also plays on

Charles Tolliver also plays on

Joe Chambers also plays on