Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Our Man In Paris
| Recorded | May 23, 1963 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 4146 |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 168325 |
The record
Exiled stateside no more, Long Tall Dex leans into bebop's mother tongue with Powell and Clarke at his back, favoring warhorses like "Scrapple from the Apple" over originals -- proof the language never left him.
Session personnel
- Pierre Michelot — bass
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Bud Powell — 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 94 pressings on file.
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1963 | Blue Note · BST 84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo, All Disc Press · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No ear · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, UA Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1972 | Blue Note · 84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, UA Pressing · RVG stamp |
| 1975 | Blue Note · BST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · BST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Van Gelder · RVG stamp |
| 2015 | Music Matters Ltd. · MMBST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, 180g · RVG stamp; gatefold |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-84146 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
Pierre Michelot also plays on
Kenny Clarke also plays on
Bud Powell also plays on