RCA Victor · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Drum Suite
| Recorded | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 20 credited players |
| Discogs | master 710541 |
The record
Wilkins and the writer stack four drummers -- Lamond, Gus Johnson, Osie Johnson, Sommer -- against french horn and english horn textures rarely heard in a 1956 big-band chart. Rhythm carries the melody here, an odd and satisfying inversion for the period.
Session personnel
- Hal McKusick — alto saxophone
- Al Cohn — clarinet
- Don Lamond — drums
- Gus Johnson — drums
- Osie Johnson — drums
- Teddy Sommer — drums
- Al Epstein — english horn
- Jim Buffington — french horn
- John Barrows — french horn
- Ray Beckenstein — piccolo flute
- Chauncey Welsch — trombone
- Fred Ohms — trombone
- Jimmy O'Heigho — trombone
- Thomas Mitchell — trombone
- Urbie Green — trombone
- Bernie Glow — trumpet
- Conte Candoli — trumpet
- Ernie Royal — trumpet
- Joe Ferrante — trumpet
- Joe Newman — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1956 | RCA Victor · LPM-1279 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
|---|---|
| 1956 | RCA Victor — MONO |
| 1956 | RCA Australia · L10243 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1956 | RCA Victor · LPM-1279 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1956 | RCA Victor · 31,065 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1956 | Victor · LS-5005 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1957 | RCA Italiana · A10V 0088 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono |
| 1957 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1107 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1983 | RCA · PM 45162 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2001 | RCA · 74321914282 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| — | RCA · LPM-1279-C — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| — | RCA · RA-5422 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
Hal McKusick also plays on
Al Cohn also plays on
Don Lamond also plays on