Prestige
Memorial Volume 2
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| Recorded | 1955 |
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| Label | Prestige |
| Catalog | LP 7009 |
| Released | 1955 |
| Personnel | 15 credited players |
| Discogs | master 535265 |
The record
Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon both on tenor, Sonny Criss on alto, Art Farmer and Clark Terry on trumpet -- the credits also carry two pianists in Hampton Hawes and Jimmy Bunn, two bassists, two drummers, and Robert Collier on congas. Ira Gitler wrote the notes, Ray Avery shot the photography, Rudy Van Gelder remastered. Prestige's mono LP 7009, 1955, and a deep bench for a memorial set.
Tracks
- April Skies
- Bright Boy
- Jackie
- Farmers Market
- Sweet And Lovely
- Lover Man
- Move
- Scrapple From The Apple
Session personnel
- Sonny Criss — Alto Saxophone
- Billy Hadnott — Bass
- Harper Cosby — Bass
- Robert Collier — Congas
- Chuck Thompson — Drums
- Lawrence Marable — Drums
- Ira Gitler — Liner Notes
- Ray Avery — Photography By
- Hampton Hawes — Piano
- Jimmy Bunn — Piano
- Rudy Van Gelder — Remastered By
- Dexter Gordon — Tenor Saxophone
- Wardell Gray — Tenor Saxophone
- Art Farmer — Trumpet
- Clark Terry — Trumpet
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 15 pressings on file.
| 1955 | Prestige · LP 7009 — Vinyl LP Album Remastered Mono earliest on file |
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| 1983 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-051 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue OJC |
| 1958 | Prestige · LP 7009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono · RVG stamp |
| 1957 | Esquire · 32-023 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1958 | Prestige · LP 7009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono |
| 1958 | Prestige · LP 7009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono |
| 1979 | Prestige · SMJ-6602(M) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1984 | Prestige · VIJ-250 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-051-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1992 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-051-2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1994 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-051-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
| 1994 | Prestige · LP 7009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1996 | Prestige · VICJ-2009 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 1999 | Prestige · VICJ-60427 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
Follow the players
Sonny Criss also plays on
Billy Hadnott also plays on
Harper Cosby also plays on