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| Recorded | Dec 30, 1958 & Jan 19, 1959 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 60238 |
The record
Bill Evans' harmonic touch reshapes Baker's spare lyricism on this Riverside date, tilted toward ballads and introspection. Pepper Adams and Herbie Mann lend unusual color to a session that trades sunlit cool for something moodier.
Session personnel
- Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
- Paul Chambers — bass
- "Philly" Joe Jones — drums
- Connie Kay — drums
- Herbie Mann — flute
- Kenny Burrell — guitar
- Bill Evans — piano
- Chet Baker — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest we list is the 1959 Riverside RLP-1135 in stereo, with deep groove labels; mono RLP 12-299 is the same year and also deep groove. The groove carries through to a 1963 RLP-1135 repress while a 1963 mono is explicitly listed as No DG, so on this title the deep groove will not sort early from late by itself. Reissues run through OJC-087 from 1983. The audiophile picks on file are Analogue Productions APJ 016 (1994) and AJAZ 1135 at 45rpm (2002), plus a 2023 mono Craft cut, CR00593.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 101 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-299 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 2002 | Analogue Productions · AJAZ 1135-45 — Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing, 180 gram Kevin Gray remaster |
| 2023 | Craft Recordings · CR00593 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, 180 Gram Kevin Gray remaster |
| 1959 | Riverside Records · RLP-1135 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1961 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-299 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, With Inc. · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RLP-1135 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · deep groove |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RLP 12-299 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No DG · laminated sleeve |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · OJC-087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · 68.950 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC 5087 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CrO2 |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · OJC-087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · OJC-087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
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"Philly" Joe Jones also plays on