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Prestige

It's Only A Paper Moon

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Recorded1953
LabelPrestige
Catalog817
Released1953
Personnel7 credited players
Discogsmaster 3500394

The record

One standard spread across both sides of a 10-inch 78, 'It's Only A Paper Moon' in Part 1 and Part 2. The horns are Miles Davis, Jackie McLean on alto and Sonny Rollins on tenor, with Walter Bishop, Jr. at the piano, Tommy Potter on bass and Art Blakey on drums. Prestige 817, shellac, 1953.

Tracks

  1. It's Only A Paper Moon (Part 1)
  2. It's Only A Paper Moon (Part 2)

Session personnel

  • Jackie McLean — Alto Saxophone
  • Tommy Potter — Bass
  • Art Blakey — Drums
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. — Piano
  • Sonny Rollins — Tenor Saxophone
  • Miles Davis — Trumpet
  • Miles Davis And His Band

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

1953Prestige · 817 — Shellac 10" 78 RPM
1953Prestige · 45-817 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM

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