Prestige – PRLP 7066Rec. Dates : January 6, 1954, June 30, 1955 Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerPiano : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed Shaughnessy, Mel LewisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano, Vibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #148Stream this Album Glamorgan GazetteBridgend, Wales : 05/31/1957 Outstanding examples of modern jazz “chamber music” are presented in this Long Playing release by…
Prestige – PRLP 7065Rec. Dates : October 18, 1956, October 19, 1956 Vocals : Barbara LeaAlto Horn : Dick CaryBass : Al HallDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Al CasamentiPiano : Richard Lowman, Dick CaryTrumpet : Johnny Windhurst Listening to Prestige : #190Stream this Album Billboard : 02/16/1957Score of 74 Miss Lea‘s second LP, and the first on 12-inch. Thrush, who was voted New…
Prestige – PRLP 7064Rec. Date : August 17, 1956 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor Listening to Prestige : #184Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : March, 1957 On the scene as a pianist since the end of his Army service in 1944, thirty-three-year old William “Red” Garland is currently with the Miles Davis Quintet. In his…
Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Edmond ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Don…
Prestige – PRLP 7062Rec. Date : August 3, 1956 Trumpet : Donald Byrd, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsFlugelhorn : Art FarmerDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Barry Harris Listening to Prestige : #182Stream this Album Billboard : 01/26/1957Score of 78 The trumpets of Farmer and Byrd are framed in a familiar setting: Jackie McLean on alto, Barry Harris on piano, Art Taylor on drums and Doug Watkins on bass. Farmer and…
Prestige – PRLP 7061Rec. Date : July 20, 1956 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Barry Harris Listening to Prestige : #180Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 78 Mobley‘s long-lined offerings in the framework of the Jazz Messengers are now well-known to all aficionados of the more…
Prestige – PRLP 7060Rec. Date : July 13, 1956 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #178Stream this Album Down Beat : 01/23/1957Nat Hentoff : 3 stars Except for most of the leader’s contributions, this is a blowing session with some areas of…
Prestige – PRLP 7059Rec. Dates : December 22, 1952, June 16, 1954 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Horace SilverTrumpet : Henry Boozier Listening to Prestige : #74, #113Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Album Cover of the Week Sometimes the simplest design is the most fetching, and this is an example of that principle. The repeated…
Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one…
Prestige – PRLP 7057Rec. Dates : June 25, 1953, December 23, 1954, January 9, 1955 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis Listening to Prestige : #89, #130, #135Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 85 One of the two MJQ re-issue packages available this month, both of which have been remastered and regrouped on 12-inch…
