Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Funky

Recorded	Jan 11, 1957
Label	Top Rank International
Catalog	LP 7083
Released	1957
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 233995

The record

Kenny Burrell's guitar threads through this 1957 date, Farmer's brass warming the room while McLean bites against Ammons' thick, blues-soaked tenor. Feel wins out over flash here, the whole band easing into the groove the title promises.

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
Doug Watkins — bass
Art Taylor — drums
Kenny Burrell — guitar
Mal Waldron — piano
Gene Ammons — tenor saxophone
Art Farmer — trumpet

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 15 pressings on file.

1957	Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1958	Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · deep groove
1958	Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono · deep groove
1964	Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1977	Prestige · VIJ-5043M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue
1986	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1986	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-244 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Small Pressing Ring
1992	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-244-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1993	Prestige · VICJ-23083 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
—	Top Rank International — MONO
—	Prestige · PR 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono, Scorpio
—	Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
—	Prestige · LP 7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
—	Original Jazz Classics · 00025218624428 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered