Dawn – DLP-1115Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, September 4, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Bill Anthony, Nabil TotahDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jerry Lloyd Audio : July, 1957Charles A. Robertson Of the many problems facing a new recording company in the jazz field, good engineering is the one…
Dawn – DLP-1110Rec. Date : September 29, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al CohnBass : Milt HintonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Hank JonesTrombone : Frank Rehak Billboard : 02/16/1957Score of 80 There is an abundance of Al Cohn tenor on jazz disks, but this is the most satisfying Cohn LP to date. The reason is simply that the sides are not…
Coral – CRL 57171Rec. Date : March 27, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Zoot SimsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 08/26/1957Spotlight on… selection Some of the best tenor sax blowing on recent disks, plus a group of fresh-sounding, thematically strong Cohn originals, smartly routine. The two Lester Young-derived modernists stimulate each other and swing…
Coral – CRL 57118Rec. Dates : December 4, 1956, December 5, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al CohnValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 81 Valve trombonist Brookmeyer once again acts as collaborator and catalyst in producing an outstanding, swinging, modern jazz program. It’s the best set in Coral’s new…
Contemporary – C3539Rec. Dates : October 8, 1956, October 15, 1956, April 27, 1957, May 13, 1957, September 3, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Curtis CounceDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 74 Bassist Curtis Counce does provide plenty of bounce, well in evidence in this set of swingers. It’s good…
Contemporary – C3532Rec. Date : January 19, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red Garland Billboard : 06/29/1957Score of 76 A superior bit of alto, framed by Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, with Pepper cooking up sparkling improvisations thruout. Group has a sweet, clean sound, best shown on You’d…
Contemporary – C3531Rec. Date : November 6, 1956, November 29, 1956, February 18, 1957Album is Not Streamable Alto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : John Goodman, Leroy VinnegarClarinet : Buddy ColletteDrums : Joe Peters, Bill Dolney, Shelly ManneFlute : Buddy CollettePiano : Don Friedman, Dick Shreve, Calvin JacksonTenor Sax : Buddy Collette AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 For the past seven…
Contemporary – C3530Rec. Date : March 7, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Ray BrownDrums : Shelly Manne AudioCharles A. Robertson : October, 1957 In this recording made at 3 a.m. during a trip West last March, Sonny Rollins is heard out of his customary context of a Max Roach group. It is his first trio endeavor, and is…
Contemporary – C3526Rec. Dates : October 8, 1956, October 15, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Curtis CounceDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Army Times : 05/11/1957Tom Scanlan A new quintet worth hearing is the Curtis Counce group. In addition to the fine bass work of Counce, note the interesting trumpet solos by Jack Sheldon and the…
Columbia – CL 1041Rec. Dates : May 6, 1957, May 10, 1957, May 23, 1957, May 27, 1957Stream this Album Flugelhorn : Miles DavisArranger/Conductor : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Paul ChambersBass Clarinet : Danny BankBass Trombone : Tom MitchellClarinet/Flute : Edwin Caine, Sid Cooper, Romeo PenqueDrums : Art TaylorFrench Horn : Jim Buffington, Tony Miranda, Willie RuffTrombone : Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank RehakTrumpet : Johnny Carisi, Bernie Glow, Taft…
