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12!

12! cover
RecordedDec 12, 1972
LabelMuse Records
Released1972
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 383167

The record

Muse gives Stitt a Detroit-bred rhythm section built on bebop grammar -- Harris comping lean, Jones and Hayes pushing hard -- for a quartet date heavy on long, unhurried alto choruses. Straightforward blowing session from deep in his prolific '70s run.

Session personnel

  • Sonny Stitt — alto saxophone
  • Sam Jones — bass
  • Louis Hayes — drums
  • Barry Harris — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1973Muse Records · MR 5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file
1973Stateside · IXJ-80109 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973Muse Records · MR 5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
1973Seven Seas · K22P-6003 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1973Muse Records · MR 5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1974Muse Records · YP-7031-MR — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1974Muse Records · MR 5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1976Muse Records · MR 5006 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1978Muse Records · 900.325 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1978Muse Records · 900.325 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing
1999SME Records · SRCS 9534 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
199932 Jazz · 32176 — CD, Album
199932 Jazz · 32176 — CD, Album, Club Edition
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Follow the players

Sonny Stitt also plays on

Sam Jones also plays on

Louis Hayes also plays on

Barry Harris also plays on