Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Houston Express

Recorded	Apr 8-9, 1971
Label	Prestige
Released	1971
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 440748

The record

Bernard Purdie and Jerry Jemmott drive a stacked horn section through this early-'70s Prestige date, Person stretching out over brass and electric piano. Sound aimed at the jukebox as much as the shelf.

Session personnel

Babe Clark — baritone saxophone
Jerry Jemmott — bass [fender]
Buddy Caldwell — congas
Bernard Purdie — drums
Jimmy Watson — organ
Houston Person — tenor saxophone
Billy Butler — guitar
Paul Griffin — piano, electric piano
Harold Vick — tenor saxophone, flute
Garnett Brown — trombone
Jack Jeffers — trombone
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Money Johnson — trumpet
Thad Jones — trumpet
Ernie Hayes — organ, electric piano
Cecil Bridgewater — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1971	Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file · RVG stamp
1971	Prestige
1971	Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1971	Prestige · PRST-10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1971	Prestige · PR 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1971	Prestige · PRST 10017 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1984	Fantasy EMI South Africa · CDFAT(WM)81 — CD
1984	Fantasy · GSL220 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1989	Fantasy · FANT 81 — Vinyl, LP, Album
2007	Fantasy · GSCD 676 116 — CD, Album, Reissue