Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Personal Appearance
| Recorded | May 1957 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 4 credited players |
| Discogs | master 393755 |
The record
Stitt moves between alto and tenor with hard-swinging fluency on this '57 Verve date, while a young Bobby Timmons -- soon to help define soul-jazz piano -- adds bluesy lift alongside Willis and Dennis.
Session personnel
- Sonny Stitt — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Edgar Willis — bass
- Kenny Dennis — drums
- Bobby Timmons — 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.
| 1959 | Verve Records · MG V-8324 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1959 | His Master's Voice · CLP 1363 — Vinyl, LP, Mono |
| 1960 | Verve Records · VL-1009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1965 | World Sound (2) · T.441 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1972 | Verve Records · MV 2031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1972 | Verve Records · MV 2031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono |
| 1975 | Verve Records · MV 2541 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1981 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1986 | Verve Records · 20MJ-0093 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Verve Records · POJJ-1604 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1998 | Verve Records · POCJ-2602 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2004 | Verve Records · 523 314-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition |
| 2004 | Verve Records · B0002028-02 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, Digipack |
| 2004 | Verve Records · 0731452331427 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Sonny Stitt also plays on
Edgar Willis also plays on
Kenny Dennis also plays on