Prestige – PRLP 7047Rec. Date : May 24, 1956 Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #172Stream this Album Billboard : 11/10/1956Score of 76 Rollins, a prime influence among modern tenors, is rapidly gaining stature in the market, and this set should have a long life. The…
Prestige – PRLP 7046Rec. Date : June 15, 1956 Alto Sax : Phil Woods, Gene QuillBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #174Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 80 The “pairs” here are two trumpets (Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd) and two altos (Phil Woods and Gene Quill). Rhythm is provided by Tommy…
Prestige – PRLP 7045Rec. Dates : March 2, 1956, June 8, 1956 Vocals : Earl ColemanAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow Wilson, Wilbert HoganPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #164, #174Album is Not Streamable Cashbox : 10/13/1956 Earl Coleman is a vocalist, who, in the late 1940’s, created a stir, but was sidelined because of…
Prestige – PRLP 7044Rec. Dates : January 30, 1953, March 16, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul Chambers, Percy HeathDrums : Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Walter BishopTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker Listening to Prestige : #79, #166Stream this Album Pittsburgh Courier : 12/15/1956Harold L. Keith : 4 stars This is one of those things where one is hard pressed…
Prestige – PRLP 7043Rec. Date : May 7, 1956 Piano : Elmo HopeBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesTenor Sax : Hank Mobley, John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #170Album is Not Streamable Pittsburgh Courier : 12/08/1956Harold L. Keith : 3 stars This swinging group gives a nice treatment to a quartet of opuses including Weeja, Polka Dot and Moonbeams, On…
Prestige – PRLP 7042Rec. Date : 1956 Moondog : MoondogJapanese drums : Sam UlanoPoetry : Sakura WhiteingVoice : Suzuko“and others” Listening to Prestige : #200Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 67 Moondog is one of Manhattan’s more startling “sights.” He writes a kind of music that is as unconventional as he is himself in appearance. His approach is…
Prestige – PRLP 7041Rec. Date : April 13, 1956 Trombone : Bennie GreenTrumpet : Art FarmerBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Cliff Smalls Listening to Prestige : #168Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 71 A trombone-trumpet formula is not overly common among current jazz combos. To offset the unrelieved brassiness of the sound, Green and Farmer provide variety in the…
Prestige – PRLP 7040Rec. Dates : April 20, 1956, June 1, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelleBass : Billy PhillipsDrums : Edmund ThigpenGuitar : Joe Cinderella Listening to Prestige : #173Stream this Album Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 75 “Primitive modern” is a rather misleading way to characterize baritone saxophonist Gil Melle‘s kind of music. Modern, yes; but primitive, no. In the…
Prestige – PRLP 7039Rec. Date : April 23, 1956 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Addison FarmerCongas : CandidoDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #169Stream this Album Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 81 Ammons‘ tenor has not been conspicuous on the jazz scene the past few years, but the warmth and facility…
Prestige – PRLP 7038Rec. Date : March 22, 1956 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Richie PowellTrumpet : Clifford Brown Listening to Prestige : #167Stream this Album Billboard : 08/25/1956Score of 80 Altho Rollins gets top billing here (for contractual reasons) this is the same combo that cut the most recent, excellent Max Roach–Clifford Brown disk on…
