Art Blakey – Holiday for Skins, Volume 2 (1959)

Blue Note – BLP 4005Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 5, 2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 08/20/1959John A. Tynan : 2.5 stars Well now… For the benefit of

Art Blakey – Holiday for Skins, Volume 1 (1959)

Blue Note – BLP 4004Rec. Date : 11/09/1958 Drums : Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Philly Joe JonesBass : Wendell MarshallBongos/Congas : Sabú Martinez, Ray Barretto, Conguito Vincente, Victor Gonzales, Julio MartinezMaracas : Andy DelannoyPiano : Ray BryantTimbales : Fred PaganiTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : July 4, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 07/04/1959Jazz Pick of the Week Take three jazz drummers (Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor),

Richard Davis – Epistrophy & Now’s The Time (1973)

Muse – MR 5002Rec. Date : September 7, 1972Stream this Album: (YT only)Side A EpistrophySide B Now’s the Time Bass : Richard DavisDrums : Freddie WaitsPiano : Joe BonnerTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrumpet : Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson Boston PhoenixBob Blumenthal : 06/12/1973 With a title like Epistrophy & Now’s the Time Richard Davis‘ set should be even more traditional than the Brooks, but traditional it

Jackie McLean / John Jenkins – Alto Madness (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7114Rec. Date : May 3, 1957 Alto Sax : Jackie McLean, John JenkinsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wade Legge Listening to Prestige : #232Stream this Album (YT only) Billboard : 02/10/1958Two stars A blowing session of sporting altoists J. Mclean and John Jenkins, both bearing the stamp of Charlie Parker a little too blatantly. Of the two, McLean shows more

Joe Henderson – The Kicker (1968)

Milestone – MSP 9008Rec. Date : August 10, 1967Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Joe HendersonBass : Ron CarterDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Kenny BarronTrombone : Grachan MoncurTrumpet : Mike Lawrence Asbury Park PressDon Lass : 02/24/1968 Henderson is a young tenor saxophonist with ideas. He is an alumnus of the Horace Silver Quintet and his conception of jazz shows how deeply Silver and

Blue Mitchell – Blue’s Moods (1960)

Riverside – RLP 336 / 9336Rec. Dates : August 24 & 25, 1960Stream this Album Trumpet, Cornet : Blue MitchellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Roy BrooksPiano : Wynton Kelly Cashbox : 12/17/1960 Blue Mitchell, mainstay of the Horace Silver group, has proved his strong, youthful leadership ability on a previous Riverside album, Blue Soul. Here he is featured with Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones and Roy Brooks.

Ray Brown – This is Ray Brown (1958)

Verve – MGV-8290Rec. Dates : February 27 & 28, 1958Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Herb EllisOrgan : Oscar PetersonPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 02/09/1959 Ray Brown, one of the Oscar Peterson Trio, one of the top bassists on today’s jazz scene, is the featured soloist on this attractive new jazz set. It

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’ (1959)

Blue Note – BLP 4003Rec. Date : October 30, 1958 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : July 2, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1959Four Stars There’s a flock of fine, virile blowing on these sides by the Messengers. Particularly the trumpet work of Lee Morgan is clean, crisp and pure. B.

Jimmy Smith – House Party (1959)

Blue Note – BLP 4002Rec. Dates : August 25, 1957, February 25, 1958 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : George Coleman, Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny BurrellTenor Sax : Tina BrooksTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : June 28, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 03/07/1959 The title suggests informality, and that is just the atmosphere crated by organist Jimmy