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Where I'm Coming From

Leon Spencer, Jr.

Recorded	Feb 22, 1972 & Jan 26, 1973
Label	Prestige
Released	1972
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 467178

The record

Frank Wess arranges horns and flutes around Spencer's organ here, with Sonny Fortune's alto slicing through and Duvivier and Tate anchoring a date built on ensemble polish.

Session personnel

Sonny Fortune — alto saxophone
George Duvivier — bass
Buddy Caldwell — congas
Grady Tate — drums
Idris Muhammad — drums
Ernie Hayes — electric piano
Hubert Laws — flute
Frank Wess — flute, baritone saxophone, conductor
Seldon Powell — flute, tenor saxophone
Joe Beck — guitar
Melvin Sparks — guitar
Leon Spencer, Jr. — organ
Dave Hubbard — tenor saxophone
Jon Faddis — trumpet
Victor Paz — trumpet
Virgil Jones — trumpet

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1973	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing earliest on file · RVG stamp
1973	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Hollywood Pressing · RVG stamp
1973	Prestige · PRST-10063-DJ — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo · RVG stamp
1973	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Hollywood Pressing · RVG stamp
1993	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Prestige · PRT-10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
—	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp
2020	Prestige · CR00356 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Stereo, Red Cloud
2023	Prestige — STEREO
—	Prestige — File, AAC, Album
—	Prestige · PR 10063 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress