| Space Flight | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | June 1, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:46 | |||
| Label | Argo LPS-4002 | |||
| Producer | Max Cooperstein | |||
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Space Flight is an album recorded by organist Sam Lazar on June 1, 1960 for Argo Records. [1] This was Lazar's debut recording, and the second recording by guitarist Grant Green.
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All compositions by Sam Lazar and E. Rodney Jones; except where noted.
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