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The Golden Striker

Recorded	Feb 1960
Label	Atlantic
Released	1960
Personnel	15 credited players
Discogs	master 381862

The record

Brass and french horns replace the usual vibraphone frame here, as Lewis folds Third Stream logic into swing while Connie Kay's brushes hold the pulse steady. A large-group outing arranged with the same crystalline restraint he brought to smaller dates.

Session personnel

George Duvivier — bass
Connie Kay — drums
Al Richmond — french horn
Gunther Schuller — french horn
John Barrows — french horn
Ray Alonge — french horn
John Lewis — piano, composed by
David Baker — trombone
Richard Hixson — trombone
Al Kiger — trumpet
Bernie Glow — trumpet
Joe Wilder — trumpet
Melvyn Broiles — trumpet
Harvey Phillips — tuba
Jay McAllister — tuba

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

1960	Atlantic · 1334 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1960	Atlantic — STEREO
1960	London Atlantic · SAH-K 6152 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1960	Atlantic · SD-1334 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
2013	Atlantic · 8122-79660-3 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
2013	Atlantic · WPCR-27260 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2013	Atlantic · 8122-79660-3 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
—	Atlantic · SD-1334 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
—	Atlantic · ATL-EP 80.046 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP