Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2
| Recorded | Oct 2-24, 1947 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BLP 1511 |
| Released | 1947 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 120708 |
The record
Second helping of the pianist's late-'40s Blue Note sides, with Straight, No Chaser and Evidence already worked out to the last crooked detail across shifting frontlines led by Lou Donaldson and Sahib Shihab. Proof the composer arrived nearly whole, well before the wider world noticed.
Session personnel
- Danny Quebec West — alto saxophone
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Sahib Shihab — alto saxophone
- Al McKibbon — bass
- Bob Paige — bass
- Gene Ramey — bass
- Nelson Boyd — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Max Roach — drums
- Thelonious Monk — piano
- Billy Smith — tenor saxophone
- Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone
- George Taitt — trumpet
- Idrees Sulieman — trumpet
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
- Milt Jackson — vibraphone
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 53 pressings on file.
| 1956 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Remastered earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear; flat edge; laminated sleeve |
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| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Remastered · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1957 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · deep groove; RVG stamp; 47 W 63rd address; 63rd St address; Plastylite ear; laminated sleeve |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · 47 W 63rd address; Plastylite ear |
| 1959 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Repress, Mono · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1962 | Blue Note · 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Mono · deep groove; Plastylite ear |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 1966 | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · Plastylite ear |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 81511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| — | Blue Note · BLP 1511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono · 47 W 63rd address |
| 1969 | Blue Note · BST 81511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1970 | Blue Note · BST 81511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 81511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 81511 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Reissue, Remastered |
Follow the players
Danny Quebec West also plays on
Lou Donaldson also plays on
Sahib Shihab also plays on