RCA Victor · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Our Man In Jazz

Recorded	Jul 29-30, 1962
Label	RCA Victor
Released	1962
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 235785

The record

Cherry's angular cornet lines meet Rollins' tenor over Cranshaw and Higgins' elastic pulse, long-form improvisation pushing past arrangement altogether. Caught here mid-transformation, chasing freer ground than his hard-bop years suggested.

Session personnel

Bob Cranshaw — bass
Don Cherry — cornet
Billy Higgins — drums
Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone

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 35 pressings on file.

1963	RCA Victor · LPM-2612 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album earliest on file
1963	RCA Victor
1963	RCA · LPM 2612 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album
1963	RCA Victor · LPM-2612 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album
1963	RCA · LSP 2612 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	RCA Victor · LSP-2612 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	RCA Australia · L 101448 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	RCA Victor · RD-7546 (LPM-2611) — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album
1963	RCA Victor · SF-7546 (LSP-2611) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	RCA Victor · LSP-2612 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Victor · SHP-5158 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	RCA Victor · LSP-2612 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	RCA Victor · FTP-1167 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub
1963	RCA Victor · LPM 2612 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono