Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Jackie McLean & Co.
| Recorded | Feb 8, 1957 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | 7087 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 392609 |
The record
Bill Hardman's trumpet and an unlikely tuba bottom from Draper give this Prestige date its odd, warm heft, Waldron's spare comping tying the frontline together. It's a quiet detour before the Blue Note contract locked the sound in place.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Doug Watkins — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Mal Waldron — piano
- Bill Hardman — trumpet
- Ray Draper — tuba
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1957 | Prestige · 7087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1972 | Prestige · PJ-10-7087 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1978 | Prestige · SMJ-6594M — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1978 | Prestige · SMJ-6594(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics — MONO |
| 1983 | Prestige · 68.407 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5074 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-074-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1996 | Prestige · VICJ-2100 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2006 | Prestige · VICJ-41332 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2014 | Universal Classics & Jazz · UCCO-5287 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD |
Follow the players
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Art Taylor also plays on