Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Music From "The Connection"
| Recorded | Feb 15, 1960 |
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| Label | Boplicity Records |
| Catalog | BLP 4027 |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 221986 |
The record
Freddie Redd's score for Jack Gelber's junkie-jazz play rides on McLean's alto cutting hard over the piano-led quartet. The soundtrack carries the play's strung-out tension without losing its swing.
Session personnel
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Michael Mattos — bass
- Larry Ritchie — drums
- Freddie Redd — piano, composed by [music]
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 33 pressings on file.
| 1960 | Blue Note · BLP 4027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove labels earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
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| 1960 | Blue Note · BST 84027 — Vinyl, LP, Album · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1963 | Blue Note · BLP 4027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove; 47 W 63rd address |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 4027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No DG/No Ear · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1972 | Blue Note · BLP 4027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, United Artists Mono/Stereo cover · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve |
| 1992 | Blue Note · 84027 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Limited Edition · RVG stamp |
| 1993 | Blue Note · TOCJ-4027 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1994 | Blue Note · B1 0777 7 89392 1 4 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1994 | Blue Note · CDP 0777 7 89392 2 1 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · TOCJ-9075 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · RVG stamp |
| 2005 | Blue Note · 7243 5 63838 2 1 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2005 | Blue Note · 7243 5 63836 2 3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2005 | Blue Note · TOCJ-6564 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
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