Basra

Tracklist Hide Credits

A	Malaguena Written-By – Ernesto Lecuona
B1	Candu Written-By – Pete La Roca
B2	Tears Come From Heaven Written-By – Pete La Roca
C	Basra Written-By – Pete La Roca
D1	Lazy Afternoon Written-By – Moross*, Latouche*
D2	Eiderdown Written-By – Steve Swallow

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – EMI Music Special Markets
• Distributed By – Music Matters Ltd.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Mastered At – Cohearent Audio
• Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 20463
• Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated

Credits

• Bass – Steve Swallow
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Pete La Roca
• Liner Notes – Ira Gitler
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Steve Kuhn
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Remastered By – KPG*
• Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson

Notes

Recorded on May 19, 1965.

Edition limited to 2,500 copies

Sticker says Acoustech Mastering, Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman but runouts show just Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio (Hoffman did sign the ones he helped master).

Everything that drummer Pete La Roca did before making Basra was a prelude in his career, and all of his later accomplishments are anti-climatic in comparison with this album. In 1965 La Roca, a respected but somewhat obscure drummer gathered together an unbelievable quartet comprised of Joe Henderson, pianist Steve Kuhn and bassist Steve Swallow for the Basra album. This was the only time that this group ever played together yet they sound very much like a major band that had been performing this music for years. Henderson is in astounding form, inspiring the other musicians to create famous versions of "Lazy Afternoon," "Eiderdown" and "Malaguena," renditions that are not only memorable but became the definitive way to play these songs. La Roca contributed three colorful originals that deserved to become standards while his very stimulating drumming helped to bring out the very best in the players. But it is Joe Henderson who lifts Basra into the cosmos, making the album magical and one of the must-hear recordings of the mid-1960s.

Label is blue and white, with "45 Stereo Long Playing" "Blue Note Records Inc • New York USA".

Back cover reads "43 West 61st St., New York 23".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: MMST 84205-A KPG@CA P 20463.1
• Matrix / Runout: MMST 84205-B KPG@CA P 20463.2
• Matrix / Runout: MMST 84205-C KPG@CA P 20463.3
• Matrix / Runout: MMST 84205-D KPG@CA P 20463.4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4205	Pete La Roca	Basra ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4205	US	1965
CDP 7243 8 32091 2 5, B2-32091	Pete La Roca	Basra ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Blue Note, Blue Note	CDP 7243 8 32091 2 5, B2-32091	US	1995
GXK-8129, BST 84205	Pete La Roca	Basra ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	GXK-8129, BST 84205	Japan	1979
7243 8 75259 2 4	Pete La Roca	Basra ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Copy Prot.)	Blue Note	7243 8 75259 2 4	Europe	2005
TOCJ-9104	Pete La Roca	Basra ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Blue Note	TOCJ-9104	Japan	1999

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