Verve Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Thesis
| Recorded | Aug 7-8, 1961 |
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| Label | Verve Records |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 461677 |
The record
Bley's presence barely disturbs the group's restraint on this Verve date, where swing gives way to hushed counterpoint and wide-open space -- a high point of Giuffre's early-60s abstraction, still under-heard.
Session personnel
- Steve Swallow — bass
- Jimmy Giuffre — clarinet
- Paul Bley — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1961 | Verve Records · V6-8402 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1961 | Verve Records — MONO |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-8402(D) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · gatefold |
| 1961 | Verve Records · V-V68402 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1963 | Verve Records · VLS 1069 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1981 | Verve Records · 2304 499 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue · gatefold |
| — | Verve Records · V6-8402 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · gatefold |
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