Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Groove Blues
| Recorded | Jan 3, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | PR 7201 |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 531412 |
The record
Coltrane sits in on alto, an odd fit next to Ammons and Paul Quinichette's tenors and Pepper Adams' baritone on this crowded 1958 Prestige date. Mal Waldron's blues-wise comping holds the loose, jam-session sprawl together.
Session personnel
- John Coltrane — alto saxophone [alto sax]
- Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone [baritone]
- George Joyner — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Jerome Richardson — flute
- Mal Waldron — piano
- Gene Ammons — tenor saxophone [tenor sax]
- Paul Quinichette — tenor saxophone [tenor sax]
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Three pressings on file, and the earliest is a 1964 US Prestige mono, PR 7201. No stereo and nothing earlier is listed, so treat this as the earliest copy we hold rather than as the original issue. The only alternatives are Japanese mono reissues, PJ-15-7201 from 1972 and SMJ-6555(M) from 1977. On this data the 1964 Prestige is the copy to look for, and there is no audiophile edition to weigh against it.
| 1964 | Prestige · PR 7201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Prestige — MONO |
| 1972 | Prestige · PJ-15-7201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1977 | Prestige · SMJ-6555(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-723-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-723-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2007 | Fantasy — File, MP3, Album, Reissue, VBR |
| — | Prestige · 00025218672320 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
John Coltrane also plays on
Pepper Adams also plays on
George Joyner also plays on