Prestige – PRLP 7036Rec. Date : December 12, 1955 Tenor Sax, Alto Sax : James MoodyBaritone Sax : Pee Wee MooreBass : John LathanDrums : Clarence JohnstonPiano : Jimmy BoydTrombone : William ShepherdTrumpet : Dave Burns Listening to Prestige : #160Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 10/27/1956Score of 78 Set valiantly aims to please the general public, but without compromising principles.…
Prestige – PRLP 7035Rec. Date : January 27, 1956 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Arthur TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Elmo Hope Listening to Prestige : #163Stream this Album Billboard : 06/23/1956Score of 80 Interest is evenly divided here between the truly outstanding work of McLean on alto and of Donald Byrd on trumpet. Both have been coming to the foreground…
Prestige – PRLP 7034Rec. Date : August 5, 1955 Trumpet : Miles DavisVibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Percy HeathDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Ray Bryant Listening to Prestige : #151Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 83 Davis – and his featured soloists, Jackie McLean and Milt Jackson – cover quite a variety of material here to produce an exceptionally interesting and musically…
Prestige – PRLP 7033Rec. Date : January 13, 1956 Trumpet : Jon EardleyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : George SyranTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Milt Gold Listening to Prestige : #162Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 79 Jon Eardley‘s “Seven” frame the trumpeter in familiar company: Zoot Sims, his present colleague in the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and…
Prestige – PRLP 7032Rec. Date : January 20, 1956 Piano : George WallingtonAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #163Stream this Album Billboard : 07/14/1956Score of 80 Wallington continues to improve as a pianist, and here, in company with some of the brighter young virtuosi, he delivers his most salable set…
Prestige – PRLP 7031Rec. Dates : July 2, 1953, June 7, 1954 Trumpet : Art FarmerAlto Sax : Oscar EstellArranger : Quincy Jones, Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Danny BankBass : Monk Montgomery, Percy HeathDrums : Sonny Johnson, Kenny ClarkePiano : Quincy Jones, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Clifford Solomon, Charlie RouseTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Listening to Prestige : #91, #112Stream this Album Billboard : 06/09/1956Score of 76 This…
Prestige – PRLP 7030Rec. Dates : May 13, 1952, December 3, 1954 Trombone : Bennie Green, Jay Jay Johnson, Kai WindingBass : Tommy Potter, Peck MorrisonDrums : Osie Johnson, Al HarewoodPiano : John Malachi, Dick KatzStrings : Alan Lane, Autrey McKissack, Adam Micevich, Harold Sonn, Max Waxler, Donald White Listening to Prestige : #63A, #127Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 80 Re-issuing of Prestige…
Prestige – PRLP 7029Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951, October 7, 1953 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy HeathDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #39, #55, #94Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Sonny Rollins is rapidly becoming one of the important reed voices of the modern…
Prestige – PRLP 7028Rec. Dates : August 21, 1953, August 31, 1953 Vibes : Teddy CharlesBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Teddy CharlesTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffreTrumpet : Shorty “Jolly” Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 76 A re-issue of the material on the 10-inch…
Prestige – PRLP 7027Rec. Dates : October 15, 1952, December 18, 1952, September 22, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Gerry Mapp, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Max Roach Listening to Prestige : #69, #73, #121Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 70 The material presented here is that which was previously available on Prestige’s 10-inch LP 142 – plus two items released…
