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At The Renaissance

Recorded	1959
Label	HiFi Jazz
Released	1959
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 296251

The record

Witherspoon steps into a West Coast jazz summit here, trading phrases with Ben Webster's breathy tenor and Mulligan's baritone over a Rowles-Vinnegar-Lewis rhythm section built for swing. Live and loose, it treats blues and jazz as equals, not as a novelty pairing.

Session personnel

Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone
Leroy Vinnegar — bass
Mel Lewis — drums
Jimmy Rowles — piano
Ben Webster — tenor saxophone
Jimmy Witherspoon — vocals

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1960	HiFi Jazz · J426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1960	HiFi Jazz · SJ 426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	Vogue Records · LAE 12253 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Vocalion (3) · LAE 12253 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1968	Ember Records · CJS 820 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Enhanced, Reissue, Stereo, Mono · laminated sleeve
1987	HiFi Jazz · J 426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
2008	Acrobat Music · AC-5169-2 — CD, Album, Reissue
2014	Dol · DOL815 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
—	HiFi Jazz — STEREO
—	HiFi Records · J426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
—	HiFi Records · J-426 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	HiFi Jazz · J426 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo