Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks
One And Two
| Recorded | Nov 9, 1956 & May 17, 1957 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 11 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1203645 |
The record
Three altos -- Gryce, McLean, Shihab -- plus Coltrane's tenor crowd this 1956 date, with Waldron pushing past sideman duty into arranger's territory. Barely a year into his Prestige contract, it hints at the compositional reach he'd later bring to Holiday and Mingus.
Session personnel
- Gigi Gryce — alto saxophone
- Jackie McLean — alto saxophone
- Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone
- Julian Euell — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Arthur Edgehill — drums
- Ed Thigpen — drums
- Mal Waldron — piano
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
- Bill Hardman — trumpet
- Idrees Sulieman — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1976 | Prestige · 500-181/82 S — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1976 | Prestige |
| 1977 | Prestige · 24068 — All Media, Compilation, Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · gatefold |
| 1985 | Prestige · 146 008 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered |
| — | Prestige · 24068 — All Media, Compilation, Reissue, Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold |
Follow the players
Gigi Gryce also plays on
Jackie McLean also plays on
Sahib Shihab also plays on