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Jazz Giants '58
| Recorded | Aug 1, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Label | Verve Records |
| Catalog | MG V-8248 |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 7 credited players |
| Discogs | master 549145 |
The record
Norman Granz brings Getz's cool tenor face to face with Mulligan's baritone and Harry Edison's brass sting, the whole thing riding Peterson, Brown, Ellis, and Bellson's rhythm machine. A loose, blues-soaked one-off among players who rarely crossed paths in the studio.
Session personnel
- Gerry Mulligan — baritone saxophone
- Ray Brown — bass
- Louis Bellson — drums
- Herb Ellis — guitar
- Oscar Peterson — piano
- Stan Getz — tenor saxophone
- Harry Edison — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
The earliest pressing on file here is the 1958 Verve MG V-8248 in mono with a deep groove; a second 1958 copy of the same number, also deep groove, is listed alongside it. Nothing else US-made appears -- the reissues are all Japanese, MV 2024 in 1972, MV 2540 in 1975 and UMV 2540 in 1981, all mono. An undated Australian MG V-8248 rounds out the list.
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 19 pressings on file.
| 1958 | Verve Records · MG V-8248 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Verve Records · MG V-8248 — Vinyl, LP, Album · deep groove |
| 1958 | Verve Records · MG V-8248 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove |
| 1960 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1972 | Verve Records · MV 2024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1972 | Verve Records · MV 2024 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1975 | Verve Records · MV 2540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1981 | Verve Records · UMV 2540 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1999 | Verve Records · POCJ-2732 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2008 | Verve Records · B0010793-02 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2008 | Verve Records · 0602517621329 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2008 | Lone Hill Jazz · LHJ10332 — CD, Album |
| 2008 | Phoenix Records (15) · 131588 — CD, Album, Remastered |
| 2010 | Verve Records · UCCV-9440 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono |
Follow the players
Gerry Mulligan also plays on
Ray Brown also plays on
Louis Bellson also plays on