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Quincy Jones – Go West, Man! (1957)

Jul 30, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Art Pepper, Benny Carter, Bill Perkins, Buddy Collette, Carl Perkins, Charlie Mariano, Conte Candoli, Harry Edison, Herb Geller, Jack Sheldon, Leroy Vinnegar, LN - Gleason, Lou Levy, Mel Lewis, Pepper Adams, Pete Candoli, Red Mitchell, Shelly Manne, Walter Benton

ABC-Paramount – ABC-186Rec. Dates : February 25, 1957, February 26, 1957, March 1, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Benny Carter, Art Pepper, Herb Geller, Charlie MarianoBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Red Mitchell, Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly Manne, Mel LewisPiano : Lou Levy, Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Buddy Collette, Bill Perkins, Walter BentonTrumpet : Harry Edison, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Jack SheldonConductor/Arranger : Johnny Mandel, Jimmy Giuffre, Lennie Niehaus, Charlie Mariano Army Times : 10/26/1957Tom…

Buddy Collette – Calm Cool & Collette (1957)

Jul 29, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Bill Dolney, Buddy Collette, Dick Shreve, John Goodman, LN - Artist

ABC-Paramount – ABC-179Rec. Date : January 24, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : John GoodmanClarinet : Buddy ColletteDrums : Bill DolneyFlute : Buddy CollettePiano : Dick ShreveTenor Sax : Buddy Collette Billboard : 05/13/1957Score of 70 Collette formerly played with the Chico Hamilton Quintet. This LP is the first by his own quartet. The versatile reed…

Jimmy Raney – In Three Attitudes (1957)

Jul 29, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Al Cohn, Bob Brookmeyer, Hall Overton, Jack Edie, Jimmy Raney, John Williams, LN - Stewart, Osie Johnson, Red Mitchell, Whitey Mitchell

ABC-Paramount – ABC-167Rec. Dates : May 14, 1956, May 23, 1956, June 15, 1956Album is Not Streamable Guitar : Jimmy RaneyBass : Red Mitchell, Whitey MitchellDrums : Osie Johnson, Jack EdiePiano : John Williams, Hall OvertonTenor Sax : Al CohnValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/13/1957Score of 79 A classy, loosely swinging jazz set that may be sold, first, to guitar addicts,…

Billy Taylor – Introduces Ira Sullivan (1957)

Jul 28, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Billy Taylor, Earl May, Ed Thigpen, Ira Sullivan, LN - Artist

ABC-Paramount – ABC-162Rec. Date : November, 1956Album is Not Streamable Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Ed ThigpenTrumpet : Ira Sullivan Billboard : 03/30/1957Jazz Talent Album Considering the difficulty of selling a new name in the jazz field, Am-Par ingeniously gave young Sullivan a “sponsor” – popular pianist Taylor, and also one of the better covers of the year. Sullivan…

Zoot Sims – Plays Alto Tenor and Baritone (1957)

Jul 27, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Gus Johnson, John Williams, Knobby Totah, LN - Morrison, Zoot Sims

ABC-Paramount – ABC-155Rec. Date : November 2, 1956, November 19, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Zoot SimsBaritone Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Knobby TotahDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Zoot SimsVocals : Zoot Sims Billboard : 03/02/1957Score of 76 Tenor sax is Sims instrument, of course, but here in his first recorded alto and baritone soloing, he…

Billy Taylor – At The London House (1956)

Jul 27, 2023grogg1956, ABC Paramount, Billy Taylor, Earl May, LN - Sorkin, Percy Brice

ABC-Paramount – ABC-134Rec. Date : January 1956Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 80 This LP might be subtitled “Study in piano styles.” Taylor has outdone himself to find a distinctive way of presenting each selection in the set; as a result, a many-faceted program is offered here. London House, is…

Quincy Jones – This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1957)

Jul 27, 2023grogg1957, ABC Paramount, Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Billy Taylor, Bunny Bardach, Charles Mingus, Charlie Persip, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, Gene Quill, Hank Jones, Herbie Mann, Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Wilder, LN - Artist, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Urbie Green, Zoot Sims

ABC-Paramount – ABC-149Rec. Date : September 14, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Charlie MingusDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Herbie Mann, Jerome RichardsonHandclaps : Father John CrawleyPiano : Hank Jones, Billy TaylorTenor Sax : Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Bunny BardachTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank RehakTrumpet : Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie…

Billy Taylor Trio – Warming Up! (1960)

Jul 26, 2023grogg1960, Billy Taylor, Henry Grimes, LN - Keepnews, Ray Mosca, Riverside

Riverside – RLP 339 / 1195Rec. Date : March 26, 1960Stream at Apple Music Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Henry GrimesDrums : Ray Mosca American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : December, 1960 The idea of this album is a worthy one, and does not need the apology and rebuttal-in-advance of the liner notes. There are twelve songs on the…

Jo Jones – Jo Jones Special (1956)

Jul 25, 2023grogg1956, Bennie Green, Count Basie, Emmett Berry, Freddie Greene, Jo Jones, Lawrence Brown, LN - Hammond, Lucky Thompson, Nat Pierce, Rudy Powell, Vanguard, Walter Page

Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Count Basie, Nat PierceTenor Saxophone : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : Bennie Green, Lawrence BrownTrumpet : Emmett Berry Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 78 To all who can’t understand the current Basie boom, and certainly to those who do, this set is urgently…

Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer – Tonite’s Music Today (1956)

Jul 25, 2023grogg1956, Bob Brookmeyer, Gus Johnson, Hank Jones, LN - O'Connor, Storyville, Wyatt Reuther, Zoot Sims

Storyville – STLP 907Rec. Date : January 31, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Wyatt ReutherDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : Hank JonesValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerVocals : Zoot Sims San Francisco ChronicleRalph J. Gleason : 06/26/1956 A tall, sandy-haired young man by the name of Zoot Sims is one of the few good tenor saxophone players who hasn’t half…

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