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Merry Olde Soul

Recorded	Dec 16, 1960 & Jan 11, 1961
Label	Riverside Records
Released	1960
Personnel	5 credited players
Discogs	master 484208

The record

A British transplant fluent in bebop and blues, the vibraphonist-turned-pianist leads a double-bass date with Hank Jones sharing keys and Louis Hayes driving from the kit. Riverside catches him swinging hard and light-fingered, proof of why the West Coast arrivals rated him so highly.

Session personnel

Andrew Simpkins — bass
Sam Jones — bass
Louis Hayes — drums
Hank Jones — piano
Victor Feldman — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1961	Riverside Records · RLP-366 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1961	Riverside Records — MONO
1961	Riverside Records · RLP-366 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1961	Riverside Records · RLP 9366 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1961	Riverside Records · RLP-366 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label, Mono
1961	Riverside Records · RLP-9366 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-402-2 — CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-402 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5402 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered
1989	Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-402-2 — CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue
—	Legend (22) · 0046 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered