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Shearing On Stage!

The George Shearing Quintet

Recorded	Mar 8, 1958
Label	Capitol Records
Released	1958
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 324355

The record

This live '58 date finds Peraza's congas and Thielemans' harmonica loosening Shearing's usual close-voiced polish into something warmer and more spontaneous. Capitol caught the group stretching past its cocktail-room reputation without losing the shine.

Session personnel

Al McKibbon — bass
Percy Brice — drums
Toots Thielemans — guitar, harmonica
Armando Peraza — percussion [latin]
George Shearing — piano
Emil Richards — vibraphone [vibes]

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 35 pressings on file.

1959	Capitol Records · ST 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Scranton Pressing earliest on file
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1959	Capitol Records — MONO
1959	Capitol Records · ST 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Scranton Pressing
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1959	Capitol Records · ST 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1959	Capitol Records · 2LP-111 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1959	Capitol Records · ST 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Scranton Pressing
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Scranton Pressing
1959	Capitol Records · T 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1960	Capitol Records · ST 1187 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo