Wheelin' & Dealin' (Prestige Records album)

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Wheelin' & Dealin'
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Studio album by
Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor
ReleasedApril 1958 [1] [2] [3]
RecordedSeptember 20, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length45:38(original LP)
Label Prestige
PRLP 7131
Producer Bob Weinstock
Professional ratings
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Wheelin' & Dealin' is an album by Frank Wess, John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor released in April 1958 by Prestige Records. [1] [2] [3] It was later reissued on New Jazz Records in 1964. On a small number of reissues, it is credited to "The Prestige All Stars", a name used by Prestige for various combinations of musicians who were under contract to the label. The compact disc reissue adds two alternate takes that did not appear on the initial vinyl releases.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mal Waldron, except where noted.

  1. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 8:27
  2. "Wheelin'" (Take 2) – 11:22
  3. "Wheelin'" (Take 1) – 10:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "Robbins' Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 15:33
  5. "Dealin'" (Take 2) – 10:16
  6. "Dealin'" (Take 1) – 9:59 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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  4. ↑ Wheelin'& Dealin' at AllMusic
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 284. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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