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Bags' Opus

Bags' Opus cover
RecordedDec 28-29, 1958
LabelUnited Artists Records
Released1958
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 240958

The record

Benny Golson's charts give Farmer and Flanagan room to roam while Jackson's ringing lines stay grounded in blues feeling, Chambers and Kay locking the sextet's pulse in place.

Session personnel

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Connie Kay — drums
  • Tommy Flanagan — piano
  • Benny Golson — tenor saxophone, arranged by
  • Art Farmer — trumpet
  • Milt Jackson — vibraphone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 32 pressings on file.

1959United Artists Records · UAL 4022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1959London Records · LTZ-T 15172 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959La Voix De Son Maître · FELP 210 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959London Records · SAH-T 6049 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1959United Artists Records · UAL 4022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959United Artists Records · UAS 5022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959United Artists Records · UAL 4022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1960United Artists Records — MONO
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1960United Artists Records · UAS 5022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1961United Artists Records · 69 001 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1961United Artists Records · 669 001 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
1962United Artists Records · 38005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962United Artists Records · UAL 4022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Follow the players

Paul Chambers also plays on

Connie Kay also plays on

Tommy Flanagan also plays on

Benny Golson also plays on