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Mucho Calor (Much Heat)

Recorded	Apr 24, 1958
Label	V.S.O.P. Records
Catalog	A 3002
Released	1958
Personnel	8 credited players
Discogs	master 393482

The record

Latin percussion drives this 1958 date, Jack Costanzo and Mike Pacheco's dual bongos stoking a three-horn frontline of trumpet, Art Pepper's alto, and Bill Perkins' tenor over Russ Freeman's arrangements. A vivid marker of cool jazz flirting with Afro-Cuban rhythm.

Session personnel

Art Pepper — alto saxophone
Ben Tucker — bass
Jack Costanzo — bongos
Mike Pacheco — bongos
Chuck Flores — drums
Russ Freeman — piano
Bill Perkins — tenor saxophone
Conte Candoli — 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 18 pressings on file.

1958	Andex · A 3002 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1958	Andex · A 3002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, En Bloc Address.
1958	Andex · S 3002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1977	Baybridge Records · ULS-6116-B — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1982	Baybridge Records · UPS-2171-B — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1987	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #47CD — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1987	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #47 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1987	Vap · 35210-28 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, 180g
1987	Vap · 35210-28 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono, 180g
1987	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #47CD — CD, Album, Reissue
1987	V.S.O.P. Records · V.S.O.P. #47CD — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1988	Vap · 85050 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1990	Tofrec · TFCL-88905 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	Tofrec · TFJL-38010 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue