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Flying Dutchman · in the Kissa Kissa racks

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RecordedMar 7, 1964 & Jan 17, 1966
LabelFlying Dutchman
Released1964
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 670360

The record

The same week's session but a different label's ear: paired with Richard Davis and Elvin Jones, players fluent in a harder postwar dialect, the pianist gets nudged into looser, more restless territory. Stride still anchors every phrase, even as the rhythm section pulls at the edges.

Session personnel

  • Richard Davis — double bass [bass]
  • Elvin Jones — drums
  • Earl Hines — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1973Flying Dutchman · FD 10147 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo, Presswell Pressing earliest on file
1973Flying Dutchman — STEREO
1973Philips · 6641122 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation

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