Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan

| Recorded | Nov 25, 1956 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1540 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 349071 |
The record
Byrd and Morgan stack a two-trumpet front line over Mobley's tenor, with Silver's comping and the Chambers-Persip pulse driving one of Blue Note's deepest hard-bop rosters. Cut in November '56, before either trumpeter turned twenty.
Session personnel
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Charlie Persip — drums
- Horace Silver — piano
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd — trumpet
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
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| 1966 | Blue Note · BST 81540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear |
| 1983 | Blue Note · BLP 1540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9154 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · LNJ-70130 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1977 | Blue Note · LNJ-70130 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1983 | Blue Note · K18P-9211 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1994 | Blue Note — MONO, LIMITED EDITION |
| 1995 | Blue Note · TOCJ-1540 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2009 | Blue Note · TOCJ-8630 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2024 | Sowing Records · SOW048 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, clear vinyl |
Follow the players
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