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Lucky Thompson

Recorded	Mar 2-14, 1956
Label	Inner City Records
Catalog	DLP 1113
Released	1956
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 536212

The record

Two bassists and a vibraphone give this Paris date an unusual chamber weight, with Thompson's tenor riding easy over Martial Solal's young, angular piano work.

Session personnel

Benoit Quersin — bass
Pierre Michelot — bass
Gérard Pochonet — drums
Jean-Pierre Sasson — guitar
Martial Solal — piano
Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone
Michel Hausser — vibraphone

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 16 pressings on file.

1957	Dawn (3) · DLP 1113 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1957	Dawn (3) · DLP 1113 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Saga Studio (2) · XIC 4001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Society · SOC 920 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Flip-over cover
1980	Inner City Records
1980	America Records · AM 6155 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1986	Lester Recording Catalog · EJ-1034 — Cassette, Album, Compilation
1987	Dawn (3) · DLP-1113 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1987	Dawn (3) · DLP 1113 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	LRC Ltd. · CDC 9029 — CD, Compilation
1991	LRC Ltd. · MC 9029 — Cassette, Compilation
1995	Musica Jazz · MJCD 1103 — CD, Compilation
2009	Inner City Records · IC 7016 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2018	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-45658 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered