"On June 7, 1956, seven of New York's most proficient studio jazz players assembled..For the session, they were known as the Manhattan Jazz Septette..

...In today's parlance, this band was a supergroup made up of stellar players who were already established giants. All were prolific sidemen and spent a better part of their days shuttling from studio to studio in New York recording as leaders and sidemen. What's more, all had exquisite taste and most doubled and tripled on other instruments.

If you want to hear how the East Coast was responding to the West Coast jazz scene in the mid-1950s, dig Oscar Pettiford's Manhattan Jazz Septette. This is an exceptional album that allows you to hear leading jazz craftsmen of their day up close." Marc Myers, Jazz Wax

https://www.jazzwax.com/2016/07/manhattan-jazz-septette.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN0BPFTun4&list=PLGVObQ6Jcyv7vvC9WzZDUWDf8RPdk0rpR&index=1

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