JazzCodex

probe · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Vol. 1

Vol. 1 cover
RecordedApr 4, 1956
Labelprobe
CatalogABC-122
Released1956
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 631459

The record

Recorded weeks after Dorham's stretch with the Jazz Messengers, this probe date puts him at the helm of his own quintet, Monterose's biting tenor giving the frontline its edge as Dorham stakes out ground as a leader.

Session personnel

  • Sam Jones — bass
  • Arthur Edgehill — drums
  • Dick Katz — piano
  • 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 17 pressings on file.

1956ABC-Paramount · ABC-122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove
1956ABC-Paramount · ABC-122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1963ABC-Paramount · ABC-122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · deep groove
1976ABC Records · YW 8503 AB — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978ABC Records · YW-8556-AB — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978ABC Records · AB-368-5 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1980MCA Records · VIM-5575(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1997MCA Records · MVCR-20045 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono
1998GRP · GRD-820 — CD, Album, Reissue
1998Chessmates · GRP-18202 — CD, Album, Reissue
2003Universal · UCCU-5189 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2007ABC-Paramount · UCCU-9599 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2012Universal Music · UCCU-6218 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD
2018Universal Music · UCCU-5892 — CD, Album, Reissue, SHM-CD

Follow the players

Sam Jones also plays on

Arthur Edgehill also plays on

Dick Katz also plays on

J.R. Monterose also plays on