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Daddy Plays The Horn

Recorded	Sep 1955
Label	Bethlehem Records
Released	1955
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 524516

The record

Bethlehem gave Dexter room to slow down here, a quartet session heavy on ballads and blues with Kenny Drew's comping opening space for that big, unhurried tone. Vinnegar and Marable swing it easy throughout.

Session personnel

Leroy Vinnegar — bass
Lawrence Marable — drums
Kenny Drew — piano
Dexter Gordon — tenor saxophone

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 41 pressings on file.

1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-36 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-36 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	London Records · LTZ-N 15098 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1972	Polydor · MP 2229 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1976	Bethlehem Records · 22AP 125 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1982	Bethlehem Records · BTM 6818 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1983	Affinity · AFF 103 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1984	Bethlehem Records · YP-7119-BE — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1986	Bethlehem Records · BR-5006/BCP-36 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1987	Affinity · CD CHARLY 57 — CD, Album, Reissue
1987	Affinity · CD CHARLY 57 — CD, Album, Reissue
1988	Roots Record Company · ROTH 119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1991	Bethlehem Records · COCY-7405 — CD, Album, Mono
1992	Bethlehem Records · COJY-9024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono