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Don't Sleep In The Subway
| Recorded | Aug 17-21, 1967 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1967 |
| Personnel | 15 credited players |
| Discogs | master 433691 |
The record
Pop and soul-jazz standards get the deep-reed treatment here, Frank Wess and Jerome Richardson doubling flutes and clarinets around a rhythm section built for radio ease. Cut across five August days in 1967, the Ellingtonian phrasing never dilutes.
Session personnel
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Frank Wess — alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Jerome Richardson — alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, piccolo flute
- Danny Bank — baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Milt Hinton — bass
- Tony Studd — bass trombone
- Grady Tate — drums
- Carl Lynch — guitar
- Everett Barksdale — guitar
- Buddy Lucas — harmonica
- Hank Jones — piano
- Jimmy Hamilton — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Ernie Royal — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Snooky Young — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Bill Berry — trumpet, vibraphone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1967 | Verve Records · V6-8726 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1967 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1967 | Verve Records · SVLP 9196 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album · laminated sleeve |
| 1967 | Verve Records · V-8726 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1967 | Verve Records · V-8726 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, MGM Pressing · gatefold |
| 1967 | Verve Records · V6-8726 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1967 | Verve Records · V6-8726 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1968 | Verve Records · VLP 9196 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve |
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