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Quartet. The five tracks were performed over two nights, with two different line-ups of the quartet, at

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Track listing

Recorded 27 January 1964 #"There and Back" (

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Personnel

- tenor saxophone *

- piano *

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- bass * Jackie Dougan - drums The following track was recorded 20 August 1965: 5. "Dick's Theme" (Dick Morrissey) Personnel: as above except

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replaces Jackie Dougan on drums.

References

Dick Morrissey albums 1997 live albums Albums recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club {{1990s-jazz-album-stub