The Leroy Vinnegar Sextet Leroy Walks! (Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g LP

This new pressing of bassist Leroy Vinnegar's first album as a leader, Leroy Walks!, is released as part of Acoustic Sounds' celebration of Contemporary Records. Originally released in 1958, the album sees Victor Feldman, Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Carl Perkins, and Tony Bazley joining Vinnegar. Recorded by Roy DuNann, this edition is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP with (AAA) lacquers cut from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman and is presented in a tip-on jacket.

A fine, straight-ahead session.

1957 was a busy year for Roy DuNann and Contemporary Records with the recording of Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Sonny Rollins' Way Out West, Barney Kessell The Poll Winners, and Curtis Counce You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce. Lost in the shuffle was Leroy Vinnegar's debut album Leroy Walks and hands down one of Craft Records best reissues to date. In fact, I have been searching for an original release for many years now to replace my OJC copy, but was unwilling to pay the asking price. Walking is the major theme here featuring the bluesy tenor saxophonist Teddy Edwards and the interplay between Carl Perkins on piano and Victor Feldman on vibraphone (Feldman was also responsible for many of the arrangements on Leroy Walks!)