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SteepleChase · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Half Note

Half Note cover
RecordedApr 5, 1974
LabelSteepleChase
Released1974
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 1070244

The record

Walton, Jones and Heath had logged enough hours together by 1974 that the swing feels almost effortless behind Jordan's Rollins-inflected tenor. SteepleChase caught this kind of straight-ahead date often in the era, American players finding steady work overseas.

Session personnel

  • Sam Jones — bass
  • Albert Heath — drums
  • Cedar Walton — piano
  • Clifford Jordan — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1985SteepleChase
1995SteepleChase · SCCD 31198 — CD, Album, Reissue
2017Think! Records · THCD-520 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

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