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Prestige · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Manteca

Manteca cover
RecordedApr 1958
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP 7139
Released1958
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 307070

The record

Ray Barretto's congas push past straight swing here, threading Afro-Cuban color under Garland's cushioned touch. Chambers and Taylor hold the center while the leader dips into rhythms he rarely explored on his Prestige dates.

Session personnel

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Ray Barretto — congas
  • Art Taylor — drums
  • Red Garland — piano

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 27 pressings on file.

1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, NJ/NY transition earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; laminated sleeve
1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, W. 50th St. NYC · deep groove
1958Prestige · PRST 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo · deep groove
1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Bergenfield, NJ · deep groove
1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, W. 50th St. / Bergenfield, NJ · deep groove
1991Prestige · VICJ-23664 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp
1996Prestige · VICJ-2162 — CD, Album, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp
Prestige · 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
1958Prestige · 45-120 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
1958Prestige · PRST 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, blue cover
1958Prestige · PRLP 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Bergenfield, NJ
1958Prestige · 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1958Prestige · PRST 7139 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, blue cover

Follow the players

Paul Chambers also plays on

Ray Barretto also plays on

Art Taylor also plays on

Red Garland also plays on