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Oscar Pettiford Orchestra

Recorded	Jun 11-19, 1956
Label	ABC-Paramount
Released	1956
Personnel	15 credited players
Discogs	master 573989

The record

Harp and paired horns thicken the low end on this ABC-Paramount date, Pettiford stretching his working band into orchestral territory. Gryce and a young Tommy Flanagan cut through the arrangements with the sharpest solos on offer.

Session personnel

Gigi Gryce — alto saxophone
Danny Bank — baritone saxophone
David Kurtzer — baritone saxophone
Oscar Pettiford — bass
Whitey Mitchell — bass
Osie Johnson — drums
David Amram — french horn
Julius Watkins — french horn
Janet Putnam — harp
Tommy Flanagan — piano
Jerome Richardson — tenor saxophone
Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone
Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
Art Farmer — trumpet
Ernie Royal — trumpet

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 17 pressings on file.

1956	ABC-Paramount · ABC-135 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1956	ABC-Paramount
1956	ABC-Paramount · ABC-135 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1958	W & G Selected Releases · WG -BJN-615 — Vinyl, LP
1958	His Master's Voice · QCLP 12045 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1960	His Master's Voice · CLP 1171 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1969	ABC Records · SR(M)-3031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1973	Probe · IPR-8873 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1976	ABC Records · YW-8502-AB — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1978	ABC-Paramount · YW-8554-AB — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1980	MCA Records · VIM-5573(M) — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Mono
1982	ABC-Paramount · ABC-135 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1983	Jasmine Records · JASM 1034 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1991	MCA Records · SGD-9 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono