Prestige
Strike Up The Band / I Want To Be Happy
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| Recorded | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | 758 |
| Released | 1952 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1691048 |
The record
Sonny Stitt gets the artist billing but the group credit reads Bud Powell Quartet, and that is the tension worth listening for -- Powell's piano, Curly Russell's bass and Max Roach's drums under Stitt's tenor on two bright standards. Prestige 758, a ten-inch shellac 78 from 1952.
Tracks
- Strike Up The Band
- I Want To Be Happy
Session personnel
- Curly Russell — Bass
- Max Roach — Drums
- Bud Powell — Piano
- Sonny Stitt — Tenor Saxophone
- Bud Powell Quartet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1952 | Prestige · 758 — Shellac 10" 78 RPM |
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| — | Esquire · 10-249 — Shellac, 10", 78 RPM |
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