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Moment Of Truth

Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Recorded	Aug 1962
Label	Pacific Jazz
Released	1962
Personnel	22 credited players
Discogs	master 373752

The record

Harold Land, Teddy Edwards, and Joe Maini crowd a reed section built for drama, while Mel Lewis and Modesto Duran push the rhythm well past ordinary studio-band swing. Cut in August 1962, it plays like arranging elevated to full composition.

Session personnel

Jimmy Bond — bass
Modesto Duran — congas [conga drums]
Mel Lewis — drums
Joe Pass — guitar
Jack Wilson — piano
Bud Shank — reeds
Don Raffell — reeds
Harold Land — reeds
Jack Nimitz — reeds
Joe Maini — reeds
Teddy Edwards — reeds
Bob Edmondson — trombone
Bobby Knight — trombone
Frank Strong — trombone
Kenny Shroyer — trombone
Lester Robertson — trombone
Lou Blackburn — trombone
Al Porcino — trumpet
Carmell Jones — trumpet
Freddie Hill — trumpet
John Audino — trumpet
Jules Chaikin — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.

1962	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Red earliest on file
1962	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Trova · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Fontana · 688 128 ZL — Vinyl, LP, Album
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Red Transparent
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, blue label
1963	Pacific Jazz · PJ-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Blue
1963	Pacific Jazz · ST-61 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Translucent Yellow