Overseas Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
George Wallington Quintet At The Bohemia (Featuring The Peck)
| Recorded | Sep 9, 1955 |
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| Label | Overseas Records |
| Catalog | PLP 1001 |
| Released | 1955 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 771610 |
The record
Live at Café Bohemia in the fall of '55, with a young McLean and Byrd cutting sharp bebop lines over Chambers and Taylor's locked-in pulse. Wallington's understated comping anchors a working band caught in real time, hard bop still finding its edge.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- George Wallington — piano
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1956 | Progressive Records (2) · PLP 1001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1976 | Overseas Records — MONO |
| 1991 | Prestige · SGD-19 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1994 | Prestige · VICJ-5098 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 1999 | Prestige · VICJ-60287 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 1999 | Prestige · VICJ-60287 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2005 | Prestige · VICJ-41098 — CD, Album, Remastered, Mono |
| 2008 | Prestige · UCCO-9281 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2008 | Prestige · UCCO-9281 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2012 | Prestige · UCCO-90065 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Jackie McLean also plays on
Paul Chambers also plays on
Art Taylor also plays on