Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Blues In The Closet
| Recorded | Sep 13, 1956 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Catalog | MGV-8218 |
| Released | 1956 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 358146 |
The record
Ray Brown's steady bass and Osie Johnson's brushwork give Powell's harmonic risk-taking a firm floor on this Verve date. The sound is clean and well-lit, the playing a touch more measured than his Blue Note work but still unmistakably his.
Session personnel
- Ray Brown — bass
- Osie Johnson — drums
- Bud Powell — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1958 | Verve Records · MGV-8218 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove |
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| 1958 | Verve Records · MGV-8218 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1974 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1986 | Verve Records · 20MJ 0067 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 1992 | Verve Records · POJJ-1524 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono |
| 1999 | Verve Records · POCJ-2744 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2009 | Verve Records · B0012374-02 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2009 | Verve Records · 0602517910515 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 2010 | Verve Records · UCCV-9404 — CD, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| 2012 | Verve Reissues (2) — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 16-Bit/44.1 kHz |
| 2015 | Verve Records · UCCU-99189 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono |
| — | Verve Records · 511 042 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| — | Verve Records · MV-1110 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono |
| — | Verve Records · MV-1110 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold |
Follow the players
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