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The Vice President
| Recorded | Oct 5, 1951 |
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| Label | TRIP |
| Released | 1951 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 889733 |
The record
Quinichette earned his "Vice President" nickname trading on Lester Young's feather-light tone, and this 1951 date proves the case with a Basie-adjacent rhythm section -- Freddie Green, Walter Page, Gus Johnson -- keeping everything unhurried and swinging.
Session personnel
- Marshall Royal — alto saxophone
- Charlie Fowlkes — baritone saxophone
- Al McKibbon — bass
- Jimmy Lewis — bass
- Walter Page — bass
- Gus Johnson — drums
- Freddie Green — guitar
- Bill Doggett — organ
- Bobby Tucker — piano
- Count Basie — piano
- Kenny Drew — piano
- Paul Quinichette — tenor saxophone
- Dickie Wells — trombone
- Henry Coker — trombone
- Buck Clayton — trumpet
- Joe Newman — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
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