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The Birth Of A Band

Recorded	Feb 1959
Label	Trip
Released	1959
Personnel	16 credited players
Discogs	master 275811

The record

Golson, Wess, Woods and Sims rotate through the reed chairs while Melba Liston holds down trombones, recorded as Jones tightened his arranging craft late in the decade. Hinton and Woodyard drive the rhythm section under charts built for orchestral swing rather than solo showcases.

Session personnel

Milt Hinton — bass
Sam Woodyard — drums
Patti Bown — piano
Benny Golson — reeds
Frank Wess — reeds
Phil Woods — reeds
Sahib Shihab — reeds
Zoot Sims — reeds
Jimmy Cleveland — trombone
Melba Liston — trombone
Quentin Jackson — trombone
Urbie Green — trombone
Clark Terry — trumpet
Ernie Royal — trumpet
Joe Newman — trumpet
Quincy Jones — 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 31 pressings on file.

1959	Mercury · MG 20444 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Black Labels, Deepgroove earliest on file · deep groove
1959	Mercury · MG 20444 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Mercury · SR 60129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	Mercury · MG 20444 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Promo
1959	Mercury · MCL 125 055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Mercury · MCY 135 055 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	Mercury · MG 20444 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Mercury · SR 60129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1959	Mercury · SR 60129 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · laminated sleeve
1960	Mercury · RJ 83 049 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Mercury · MMC 14038 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1960	Mercury · CMS 18026 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1960	Mercury · STRJ 83 049 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1960	Mercury · RJ 83 049 — Vinyl, LP, Album