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in the 1970s after the album was allowed to go out of print. He reissued the material as one of a series of eight Group
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characterized it as " great way to introduce two of the greats."
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on drums. The 1956 session was originally released in 1958 on
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A Basic Music
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Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings
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The album was critically well received. In a 1994 review,
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The 101 Best Jazz Albums: A History of Jazz on Records
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940:Lyons, Leonard (1980).
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