Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Kenny Burrell
| Recorded | Mar 12 & May 31, 1956 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1543 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 13 credited players |
| Discogs | master 328326 |
The record
Three bassists and three drummers rotate through this early Blue Note date, Foster and Monterose adding tenor bite while the guitarist stays the fixed point. Candido's hand drums hint at the label's growing pull toward Latin rhythm.
Session personnel
- Oscar Pettiford — bass
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Sam Jones — bass
- Candido — congas [conga drums], drums [conga drums]
- Arthur Edgehill — drums
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Shadow Wilson — drums
- Kenny Burrell — guitar
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Frank Foster — tenor saxophone
- J.R. Monterose — tenor saxophone
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
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 40 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; flat edge |
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| 1982 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC |
| 1982 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-019 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue OJC |
| 1957 | Prestige · 7088 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, No flat/no frame · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; flat edge; laminated sleeve |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, Microgroove · deep groove |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Lex/No DG · RVG stamp; 63rd St address |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST-81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1974 | Blue Note · BST 81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue · RVG stamp; 63rd St address |
| 1976 | Blue Note · BST 81543 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp |
| 1977 | Blue Note · LNJ-70129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · RVG stamp |
Follow the players
Oscar Pettiford also plays on
Paul Chambers also plays on
Sam Jones also plays on