Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

The Happy Blues

Recorded	Apr 23, 1956
Label	Prestige
Catalog	LP 7039
Released	1956
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 345035

The record

Candido's congas lift this 1956 date into something looser than the usual Prestige blowing session, McLean's tart alto sparring with Ammons' warm, patient tenor. Duke Jordan and Art Taylor hold the frame steady while the horns take their time.

Session personnel

Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
Addison Farmer — bass
Candido — congas
Art Taylor — drums
Duke Jordan — 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

1969	Prestige · PR 7654 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered earliest on file
1969	Prestige · PR 7654 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered
1969	Prestige · PR 7654 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing, Stereo
1972	Prestige · PR 7654 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered
1982	Original Jazz Classics
1982	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-013 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 25mm Ring · laminated sleeve
1991	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-013-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
—	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-013-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered