Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Bass Hit!
| Recorded | Nov 21, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 14 credited players |
| Discogs | master 549084 |
The record
A West Coast-heavy date built around Brown's rock-solid low end, with Harry Edison, Jimmy Giuffre and Jimmy Rowles filling out a band big enough to swing hard on the arrangements. Herb Ellis and Mel Lewis lock in behind him, making the leader's tone and time -- not flash -- the real subject of the record.
Session personnel
- Herb Geller — alto saxophone
- Jack DuLong — alto saxophone
- Ray Brown — bass
- Alvin Stoller — drums
- Mel Lewis — drums
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Jimmy Rowles — piano
- Bill Holman — tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Giuffre — tenor saxophone
- Herb Harper — trombone
- Conrad Gozzo — trumpet
- Harry Edison — trumpet
- Pete Candoli — trumpet
- Ray Linn — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8022 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8022 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1957 | Columbia · 33C 9037 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album |
| 1957 | Verve Records · MGV-8022 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1957 | Verve Records · MG V-8022 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1975 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1979 | Verve Records · MV 2116 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1992 | Verve Records · POJJ-1530 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1999 | Verve Records · 314 559 829-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition · gatefold |
| — | Verve Records · MG V-8022 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| — | Limited Edition (6) — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release |
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