JazzCodex

Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Understanding

Understanding cover
RecordedOct 25, 1968
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBST 84306
Released1968
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 259357

The record

Recorded as the decade wound down, this trio session pushes toward freer, more modal territory than earlier dates in the catalogue. Alexander's flute and tenor bring a spiritual-jazz cast to Walker's drums and a widening pocket.

Session personnel

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 15 pressings on file.

1968Blue Note · BST 84306 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Research Craft Pressing earliest on file · RVG stamp
1995Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 31223 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
1995Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 31223 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
1968Liberty · 8989 — 8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo
1968Liberty · C-0989 — Cassette, Album, Stereo
1969Blue Note — STEREO
1969Blue Note · BNTJ (M) 84306 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1969Blue Note · BST 84306 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1993Blue Note · TOCJ-4306 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1993Blue Note · TOCJ-4306 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1995Blue Note · B1 7243 8 31223 1 8 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Specialty Pressing
1995Blue Note · B1 7243 8 31223 1 8 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1999ArsNova · AN99-0202 — CD, Album, Unofficial Release
2014Blue Note · TYCJ-81087 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD

Follow the players

Hugh Walker also plays on

John Patton also plays on

Harold Alexander also plays on