Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Invitation
| Recorded | Aug 30 & Nov 7, 1962 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 366882 |
The record
Riverside pairs the vibraphonist with a horn-heavy sextet here, Dorham and Jones weaving trumpet lines over Flanagan's spare comping. The mallets stay lyrical and unhurried, wider in scope than his quartet dates but no less relaxed.
Session personnel
- Ron Carter — bass
- Connie Kay — drums
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Jimmy Heath — tenor saxophone
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
- Virgil Jones — trumpet
- Milt Jackson — vibraphone [vibraharp]
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 22 pressings on file.
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RM 446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1963 | Riverside Records · RM 446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| — | Riverside Records · SR 7070 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove; laminated sleeve |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RS 9446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RLP 446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RS 9446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RM 446 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Orpheum, RE |
| 1978 | Riverside Records · VIJ-5054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1978 | Riverside Records · VIJ-5054 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-260 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-260 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing |
| 1986 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC 5260 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, CrO2 Tape |
| 1988 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-260-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1988 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-260-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Ron Carter also plays on
Connie Kay also plays on
Tommy Flanagan also plays on