Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Black Feeling!
| Recorded | Dec 22, 1969 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Released | 1969 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 918302 |
The record
Recorded just before decade's end, this session pushes toward the funkier, backbeat-heavy sound overtaking organ combos -- Purdie's drums and Bryant's horns give it street-level grit. One of Hammond's harder-edged Prestige dates, less church, more corner bar.
Session personnel
- Rusty Bryant — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Lewis — bass
- Bernard Purdie — drums
- Wally Richardson — guitar
- Johnny Hammond — organ
- Leo Johnson — tenor saxophone
- Virgil Jones — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1970 | Prestige · PR 7736 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Blue Labels earliest on file |
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| 1970 | Prestige · PRC-119 — Cassette, Album |
| 1972 | Prestige · PR 7736 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Labels |
| 1992 | Prestige — STEREO |
| — | Prestige · PR 7736 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Purple Labels |
Follow the players
Rusty Bryant also plays on
Jimmy Lewis also plays on
Bernard Purdie also plays on