KENNY CLARKE Kenny Clarke (1955 US 8-track mono LP on heavyweight vinyl with deep groove red & silver Savoy labels & 'RVG' [Rudy Van Gelder] etched in the run-outs. This is the original issue before the Telefunken Blues name change & alternative cover [a dapper looking Kenny behind the sticks was suspiciously replaced with an attractive blonde]! This album comprises sessions recorded on November 1st 1954 & February 7th 1955, banding together men from three outstanding jazz camps: the Count Basie Band [Frank Wess, Henry Coker], Modern Jazz Quartet [Percy Heath, Milt Jackson] & the West Coast hard-swinging set [Gerald Wiggins, Frank Morgan]. The heavyweight pasted laminate sleeve is tape reinforced at the edges [no splits whatsoever] & the vinyl is super clean & looks barely played. Wonderful! MG12006)