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Impulse! · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Out Of The Afternoon

Out Of The Afternoon cover
RecordedMay 16-23, 1962
LabelImpulse!
Released1962
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 266318

The record

Roland Kirk stacks reeds and flute into thick, restless textures while Flanagan and Grimes keep the swing pliant underneath. Recorded across a week in May '62, it stands among Impulse!'s sharper early sides, with the drums setting the pace throughout.

Session personnel

  • Henry Grimes — bass
  • Roy Haynes — drums
  • Tommy Flanagan — piano
  • Roland Kirk — tenor saxophone, saxophone [manzello, stritch], flute

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 58 pressings on file.

1962Impulse! · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · RVG stamp
1962Impulse! · AS-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Am-Par · RVG stamp; gatefold
1962Sparton Impulse! Records · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1962Impulse! · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono · RVG stamp
1962Sparton Impulse! Records · A-23 S — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp
1962Impulse! · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1962Impulse! · IL-30894 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1963Impulse! · SNY 14 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp; gatefold
1963Impulse! · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold · RVG stamp; gatefold
1963Impulse! · NY 14 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · RVG stamp
1963Impulse! · AS-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, ABC · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1963Impulse! · SNY 14 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo · RVG stamp; gatefold
1963Impulse! · A-23 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold · RVG stamp; laminated sleeve; gatefold
1964Impulse! · SH 3024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · RVG stamp; gatefold

Follow the players

Henry Grimes also plays on

Roy Haynes also plays on

Tommy Flanagan also plays on

Roland Kirk also plays on