Verve – MGV-8012Rec. Dates : July 26, 1955, January 4, 1956, January 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Count BasieAlto Sax : Bill Graham, Marshall RoyalBaritone Sax : Charlie FowlkesBass : Ed JonesClarinet : Marshall RoyalDrums : Sonny PayneFlute : Frank WessGuitar : Freddie GreenOrgan : Count BasieTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Frank WessTrombone : Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny PowellTrumpet : Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe NewmanVocal : Joe…
Verve – MG V-4003Rec. Date : August 16, 1956Stream this Album Vocals : Ella Fitzgerald, Louis ArmstrongTrumpet : Louis ArmstrongBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson Cashbox : 11/03/1956 This package has already made a strong appearance on the charts. Little wonder. Two sturdy entertainers are coupled in some rare moments of beautiful jazz…
Contemporary – C3509Rec. Date : June 20, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Howard Rumsey, Red MitchellAlto Sax : Bud ShankArranger : Claude Williamson, Barney KesselDrums : Stan Levey, Shelly ManneFlute : Bud ShankGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Claude Williamson, Hampton HawesTenor Sax : Bob CooperTrombone : Frank Rosolino Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 80 A distinguished crowd of West Coast modernists who ordinarily make headquarters at…
Debut – DEB-123Rec. Date : December 23, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusDrums : Willie Jones, Max RoachPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : George BarrowTrombone : Eddie Bert San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 08/19/1956 … Here Mingus is joined by Eddie Bert on trombone, George Barrow on tenor, Mal Waldron on piano and Willie Jones on drums for five very fine tracks of modern jazz. But as a special added…
Dawn – DLP-1102Rec. Dates : January 11, 1956, January 18, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Milt HintonDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 04/07/1956Score of 77 Full disks by this tenor sax star are fairly rare, and this excellent sampling of his romping art should find a good, ready…
Dootone – DL-207Rec. Dates : November 11, 1955, November 12, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Dexter GordonBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Chuck ThompsonPiano : Carl PerkinsTrumpet : Jimmy Robinson Billboard : 02/04/1956Score of 70 Dexter Gordon has not recorded much in the last few years, and many fans will be eager to latch on to a sample of his most…
Dootone – DL-211Rec. Date : 1955-1956Stream this Album Piano : Carl PerkinsBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Lawrence Marable Billboard : 03/03/1956Score of 74 Perkins sounds like a real find. He’s authoritative and articulate in a moderately modern sense, and he has a fine feel for tempo and beat. The smart program should attract some less venturesome listeners. It includes…
EmArcy – MG 36037Rec. Dates : February 23, 1955, February 24, 1955, February 25, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Down Beat : 01/11/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars Study in Brown is another powerfully rhythmic, emotionally driving session by this vibrant quintet whose leaders are its chief…
Bethlehem – BCP-36Rec. Date : September 18, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Dexter GordonBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Lawrence MarablePiano : Kenny Drew Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 78 Gordon plays some top-flight, Lester Young-inspired tenor here, with a more robust sound than that of the master or most of his other disciples. It’s not too original, but it swings,…
Bethlehem – 6005Rec. Dates : February 7 & 8, 1956Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington’s Orchestra Billboard : 12/8/1956Score of 83 These sides were cut in February, 1956, and are representative of what the Ellington band has been doing this year. There have been greater Ellington ensembles and greater individual soloists in his organization, but measured…
