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Salted Gingko Nuts
| Recorded | Nov 15-16, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Label | Ascent Records |
| Released | 1978 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 438305 |
The record
Stacked reed and brass writing gives this West Coast lineup its muscle, Japanese melodic shape folded into charts built for a band working at peak confidence.
Session personnel
- Dick Spencer — alto saxophone, woodwind
- Gary Foster — alto saxophone, woodwind
- Bill Byrne — baritone saxophone, woodwind
- Mike Richmond — bass
- Phil Teele — bass trombone
- Peter Donald — drums
- Toshiko Akiyoshi — piano, arranged by, composed by
- Lew Tabackin — tenor saxophone, woodwind
- Tom Peterson — tenor saxophone, woodwind
- Bill Reichenbach — trombone
- Randy Aldcroft — trombone
- Rick Culver — trombone
- Bobby Shew — trumpet
- Larry Ford — trumpet
- Mike Price — trumpet
- Steve Huffsteter — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1979 | Insights · RVJ-6031 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1979 | Insights · RVJ-6031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1982 | Ascent Records — STEREO |
| 1989 | Baystate · B20D-47005 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1996 | Baystate · BVCJ-7380 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold |
| 2003 | BMG · BVCJ-37326 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 2003 | BMG · BVCJ-35006 — CD, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Dick Spencer also plays on
Gary Foster also plays on