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Memorial Album

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Recorded	1951
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BLP 5004
Released	1951
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 767990

The record

A crowded listing for a 1951 ten-inch: the credits carry three bassists, three drummers, three pianists and three tenor saxophonists, with Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Rouse filling that last group and Milt Jackson listed at the piano. Howard McGhee joins Navarro on trumpet, Ernie Henry on alto. Blue Note BLP 5004.

Tracks

The Squirrel
52nd St. Theme
Lady Bird
The Chase
Double Talk
Dameronia
Our Delight

Session personnel

Ernie Henry — Alto Saxophone
Curly Russell — Bass
Nelson Boyd — Bass
Tommy Potter — Bass
Paul Bacon (2) — Design
Kenny Clarke — Drums
Roy Haynes — Drums
Shadow Wilson — Drums
Bud Powell — Piano
Milt Jackson — Piano
Tadd Dameron — Piano
Charlie Rouse — Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Rollins — Tenor Saxophone
Wardell Gray — Tenor Saxophone
Fats Navarro — Trumpet
Howard McGhee — Trumpet

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1951	Blue Note · BLP 5004 — Vinyl LP 10" Album Mono earliest on file
1953	Blue Note · BLP 5004 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono, 3rd press Cover Variant · deep groove; Plastylite ear
1954	Blue Note · BLP 5004 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono, 4th press Cover Variation · deep groove; Plastylite ear
1971	CBS/Sony · SOPJ 6~7-SY — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1991	Blue Note · BN 0003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1999	Blue Note · TOJJ 5004 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
1999	Blue Note · TOJJ 5004 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Mono
2015	Blue Note · B0022983-01 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Reissue, Mono
2015	Blue Note — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue
—	Blue Note · BLP 5004 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono, 2nd press Cover Variant