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The Sheriff

The Modern Jazz Quartet

Recorded	May 16 & Dec 20, 1963
Label	Pure Pleasure Records
Released	1963
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 302857

The record

Vibraphone and piano trade blues-soaked and baroque-leaning phrases here, the two players' long history audible in how sparingly they need to speak. A high point from well into the band's Atlantic run.

Session personnel

Percy Heath — performer [the modern jazz quartet is composed of], bass
Connie Kay — performer [the modern jazz quartet is composed of], drums
John Lewis — performer [the modern jazz quartet is composed of], piano
Milt Jackson — performer [the modern jazz quartet is composed of], vibraphone [vibraharp]

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 47 pressings on file.

1964	Atlantic · 1414 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
1964	Atlantic · 432.074 — Vinyl, LP, Album · deep groove; laminated sleeve
1964	Atlantic · 432.074 — Vinyl, LP, Album · deep groove; laminated sleeve
1964	Atlantic · SD 1414 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1964	London Records · HA-K 8161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1964	Atlantic · SD 1414 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Mono
1964	Atlantic · AL 31280 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1964	London Records · SH-K 8161 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1964	Atlantic · SMJ-7170 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1964	Atlantic · 1414 — Vinyl, LP
1964	Atlantic · 462074 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1964	Belter · 12.060 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1964	Atlantic · ALC 1929 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album, Large hub
1964	Universal Record Club · UJ-713 — Vinyl, LP, Album