Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Cattin' With Coltrane And Quinichette

| Recorded | May 17, 1957 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | 7158 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 166315 |
The record
Two tenors face off here, Coltrane's restless drive against Paul Quinichette's smoother Lester Young lineage, with Mal Waldron's understated comping holding the middle ground.
Session personnel
- Julian Euell — bass
- Ed Thigpen — drums
- Mal Waldron — piano
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
- Paul Quinichette — tenor saxophone
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 20 pressings on file.
| 1959 | Prestige · 7158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp |
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| 2014 | Prestige · UCCO-90232 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono OJC |
| 1962 | Prestige · 7158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Prestige · 7158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1964 | Prestige · 7158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5460 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, CrO2 Chromium Dioxide Tape · RVG stamp |
| — | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-460-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1972 | Prestige · PJ-14-7158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue |
| 1977 | Prestige — MONO |
| 1977 | Prestige · SMJ-6542(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-460 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-460-2 — CD, Album, Mono |
| 1990 | Carrere · 9031 74227 2 — CD, Album |
| 1995 | DCC Compact Classics · GZS-1085 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Gold |
Follow the players
Julian Euell also plays on
Ed Thigpen also plays on
Mal Waldron also plays on