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California Concerts

Recorded	Nov 14, 1954
Label	Pacific Jazz
Released	1954
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 343965

The record

On stage at a California hall, the working quartet swells to a sextet, Sims and Brookmeyer thickening the horn weave beyond what the studio dates allowed. Looser and more conversational than the tight pianoless records that preceded it.

Session personnel

Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone, piano
Red Mitchell — bass
Chico Hamilton — drums
Larry Bunker — drums
Zoot Sims — tenor saxophone
Bob Brookmeyer — trombone, piano
Jon Eardley — 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 30 pressings on file.

1955	Pacific Jazz · PJ LP-1201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
—	World Pacific Records · PJ LP-1201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Deep Groove · deep groove
1955	Swing (3) · LDM. 30.007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1955	Pacific Jazz · EP4-28 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1955	Pacific Jazz · EP4-28 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1955	Pacific Jazz · PJ 1201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, H, Hollywood Press
1955	Pacific Jazz · PJ 1201 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1956	Vogue Productions · EPV 1122 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1956	Vogue Productions · LAEA 12006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1956	Vogue Productions · Laea-12006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1956	Vogue Productions · LAEA 12006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Matrix Variant
1959	Hi-Fi Jazz · Jazz - 102 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Pacific Jazz · 50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue
1962	Pacific Jazz · PJ-50 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Mono