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Jazz For Playboys

Recorded	Dec 26, 1956 & Jan 5, 1957
Label	Savoy Jazz
Catalog	MG 12095
Released	1956
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 506119

The record

Freddie Green's rhythm guitar and Eddie Jones's bass anchor this December '56 Savoy session, with Kenny Burrell and Joe Newman trading crisp solos around Wess's airborne flute lines.

Session personnel

Eddie Jones — bass
Ed Thigpen — drums
Gus Johnson — drums
Frank Wess — flute
Kenny Burrell — lead guitar [solo guitar]
Freddie Green — rhythm guitar
Joe Newman — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1957	Savoy Records · MG 12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1957	Savoy Records · MG 12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1957	Savoy Records · MG 12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1957	Savoy Records · MG 12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, 1st Press Red Labels · deep groove; RVG stamp
1964	Realm · RM 166 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album, Reissue
1985	Savoy Jazz — MONO
1985	Savoy Records · MGJ-12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1992	Savoy Jazz · SV-0191 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
2000	Savoy Records · 92982-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
2002	Savoy Jazz · SVY17088 — CD, Album, Reissue