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The Australian Jazz Quartet

Recorded	Feb 1955
Label	Bethlehem Records
Released	1955
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 480603

The record

A curio from Bethlehem's mid-50s roster, this expatriate outfit brought a cool, chamber-like restraint to the West Coast idiom, with Dick Healey's flute and clarinet work lending an airy, reed-heavy palette. Recorded in February 1955, it's a quiet corner of the label's catalogue worth digging into for fans of small-group cool jazz outside the usual coasts.

Session personnel

James Gannon — bass
John Fawcett — bass
Nick Stabulas — drums
Dick Healey — flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass

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 19 pressings on file.

1955	Bethlehem Records · BCP 1031 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Mono, Scranton Pressing earliest on file
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-6002 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album · deep groove
1955	Bethlehem Records · BCP 1031 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
1955	Bethlehem Records · BCP 1031 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Scranton Pressing
1956	Bethlehem Records — MONO
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-6002 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-6002 — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album, Research Craft Pressing
1956	Bethlehem Records · BCP-31 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1957	London Records · LTZA-15065 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1976	Bethlehem Records · BCP-6002 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
1976	Bethlehem Records · BCP-004 — Vinyl, LP, Mono
2000	Bethlehem Records · TOJJ-1031 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
2000	Bethlehem Records · TOJJ-1031 — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
2014	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-6140 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered