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New York Jazz

Recorded	Sep 14, 1956
Label	Verve Records
Released	1956
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 346663

The record

Jimmy Jones comps crisp behind Ray Brown and Jo Jones's brushes while Stitt moves between alto and tenor with the same fluent bebop logic. Cut in September '56, this Verve session runs lean and unforced from start to finish.

Session personnel

Sonny Stitt — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Ray Brown — bass
Jo Jones — drums
Jimmy Jones — piano

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 18 pressings on file.

1957	Verve Records · MG V-8219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep groove earliest on file · deep groove
1957	Verve Records · MG V-8219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1957	Columbia · 33CX 10114 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1959	Barclay · 3612 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1974	Verve Records — MONO
1976	Verve Records · MV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1982	Verve Records · UMV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1982	Verve Records · UMV 2558 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1992	Verve Records · POJJ-1515 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
2003	Verve Records · 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2003	Verve Records · 314 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition
2003	Verve Records — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz
2016	Verve Records · UCCV-9606 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, SHM-CD
—	Verve Records · 314 517 050-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition