Prestige – PRLP 7096Rec. Date : March 15, 1957 Tuba : Ray DraperAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrestDrums : Ben DixonPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Webster Young Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 09/29/1957 Originally the tuba performed the chores in the jazz band which have been taken over in latter days by the…
Prestige – PRLP 7095Rec. Date : October 5, 1956 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Wade LeggeTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #189Stream this Album Billboard : 08/12/1957Score of 77 A substantial set featuring a seven-selection tribute medley to late “Bird” Parker, provocatively handled by Rollins and emphatic colleagues (rest of review is missing) —– Cash…
Prestige – PRLP 7094Rec. Date : October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #191Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Jazz Special Merit Album One of the more interesting Davis LPs, offering the modern pace-setter in a more dynamic mood than usual, per the title. Great ensemble…
Prestige – PRLP 7093Rec. Date : December 17, 1954 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Listening to Prestige : #142Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/29/1957Score of 78 A reissue of an original 10-incher includes stretches of Taylor in a variety of moods. Six members range from the softly lyrical to some brilliant displays of right and…
Prestige – PRLP 7092Rec. Date : January 26, 1957 Trumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Idrees SuliemanBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Ed ThigpenPiano : Hod O’Brien Listening to Prestige : #142Stream this Album Cash Box : 11/23/1957 The three top flight trumpeters receive the strong support of Hod O’Brien (piano), Addison Farmer (bass), and Ed Thigpen (drums). The featured artists blend their instruments smoothly as they render five…
Prestige – PRLP 7091Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Piano : Mose AllisonBass : Taylor La FargueDrums : Frank Isola Listening to Prestige : #214Stream this Album Audio Charles A. Robertson : October, 1957 Memories of a boyhood spent among the byways of the Delta are distilled in ten pithy sketches, all carrying the essence of the blues, which…
Prestige – PRLP 7090Rec. Date : November 9, 1956 Piano : Mal WaldronAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Julian EuellDrums : Arthur EdgehillTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman Listening to Prestige: #193Stream this Album Billboard : 05/27/1957Score of 77 For modernists who go for “thinking” jazz musicianship, this is a prize package. Front-line players Waldron on piano, Gigi Gryce on alto and Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, are all writers…
Prestige – PRLP 7089Rec. Dates : May 28, 1954, February 18, 1955, March 8, 1955 Guitar : Jimmy RaneyBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Art Mardigan, Nick StabulasTrumpet : John WilsonPiano : Hall Overton Listening to Prestige : #111, #139Stream this Album Billboard : 06/24/1957Score of 80 Freshness and inventiveness of performances on these recordings justify their re-release from 10-inchers. Guitarist Raney, framed in…
Prestige – PRLP 7088Rec. Date : February 1, 1957 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Tommy Flanagan Listening to Prestige : #206Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Score of 76 Good long-run value in this one, since guitarist Burrell is a fast-ascending star. This session “cooks” all the way in a modern blues-based manner, with…
Prestige – PRLP 7087Rec. Date : February 8, 1957 Alto Sax : Jackie McleanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Bill HardmanTuba : Ray Draper Listening to Prestige : #207Album is Not Streamable Miami HeraldFred Sherman : 11/10/1957 On the offbeat side is Jackie McLean & Co., a quintet session with Ray Draper‘s tuba added on three of the five…
