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Impressions

Impressions cover
RecordedMar 20, 1959
LabelNew Jazz
CatalogNJLP 8242
Released1959
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 342000

The record

Loose and conversational, this 1959 session pairs a nimble rhythm pair with Waldron's percussive touch and fondness for circling melodic cells. It sits inside the Prestige stretch that shaped the writing he'd soon bring to Holiday and Dolphy.

Session personnel

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 15 pressings on file.

1961New Jazz · NJLP 8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1963Prestige · 8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1961Prestige · 8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono
1964Prestige · 8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1964Status Records (2) · ST 8242 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1974Prestige · LPJ-70047 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1974Prestige · LPJ-70047 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1979Prestige — MONO
1984Original Jazz Classics · OJC-132 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1992Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-132-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1992Prestige · VICJ-23731 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2009Prestige · UCCO-9721 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
2013Prestige · UCCO-5389 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Top Rank International · MJ-7017 — Vinyl, LP, Album

Follow the players

Addison Farmer also plays on

Albert Heath also plays on

Mal Waldron also plays on