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Jazz Workshop · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Essence

Essence cover
RecordedJul 15-17, 1962
LabelJazz Workshop
CatalogPJ-55
Released1962
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 113907

The record

Paul Bley and Gary Peacock loosen the harmonic floor under Ellis's trumpet on this 1962 trio-plus-horn date for Jazz Workshop, years before their more documented work together. The results lean open and searching, a clear signpost toward the free forms Ellis kept chasing.

Session personnel

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1962Pacific Jazz · PJ-55 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1962Pacific Jazz · PJ-55 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1971Liberty · LLJ-745 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2005Mighty Quinn Productions · MQP1101 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2013Fresh Sound Records · FSR 1662 — CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
2015Jazz Workshop — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION
Fontana · 688 127 ZL — Vinyl, LP, Album
Pacific Jazz · ST-55 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Follow the players

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Nick Martinis also plays on

Paul Bley also plays on