| Klook's Clique | ||||
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | February 6, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 34:17 | |||
| Label | Savoy MG 12065 | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
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Klook's Clique is an album led by drummer Kenny Clarke recorded in 1956 and first released on the Savoy label. [1] [2]
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| Allmusic |    [3] |
The Allmusic reviewer David Szatmary described as "An indispensable session by the bop pioneer". [3]
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Top Brass is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Ernie Wilkins featuring performances recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label. The album consists of five original selections with trumpeters Ray Copeland, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal and Joe Wilder followed by five standards featuring each individually.
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