Blue Note – BLP 4036Rec. Dates : February 5 & 28, 1960 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Sam Jones, Laymon JacksonDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Bill Hardman Strictlyheadies : 09/23/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/04/1961 Altoist Donaldson is a hard-biting musician, relying on a driving blues vein for most of his…
Blue Note – BLP 4035Rec. Dates : December 16 & 19, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 09/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/20/1961Three stars Pearson has appeared with the Donald Byrd group and the Golson-Farmer Jazzier in earlier dales and here he offers the second LP under his…
Verve – V-8693Rec. Dates : March 21 & 30, 1967Stream this Album Alto Sax : Stan GetzBass : Ron CarterDrums : Grady TatePiano : Chick Corea Cashbox : 07/29/1967Jazz Pick Tenor saxist Stan Getz performs five smooth, glistening jazz sessions. The numbers include the title track Sweet Rain, Litha, O Grande Amor, Con Alma, and Windows. Getz receives the…
Columbia – CL 1307Rec. Dates : December 17 & 23, 1958, January 15, 1959Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyTrumpet : Art Farmer Accompanying Longread: New Yorker Profile of Gerry Mulligan, March 1959 (21,000 words) Cashbox : 04/18/1959 Mulligan’s ubiquitous baritone sax is once again an LP…
Atlantic – 1317Rec. Date : May 22, 1959 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Ornette ColemanBass : Charlie HadenCornet : Don CherryDrums : Billy Higgins Billboard : 11/09/1959 Ornette Coleman is one of the controversial new artists to spring from the modern jazz scene. By some he is considered an important new innovator and creator;…
Atlantic – 1274Rec. Dates : October 23 & November 12, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Hal SteinBaritone Sax : George BarrowBass : Addison Farmer, Charles MingusDrums : Ed ShaughnessyFrench horn : Jimmy BuffingtonGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hall OvertonTenor Sax : Bob NewmanTrombone : Eddie BertTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don…
Atlantic – 1273Rec. Date : February 15, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Peter IndDrums : Dick ScottGuitar : Billy BauerTrumpet : Don Ferrara Cashbox : 06/28/1958 The disk features alto saxist Konitz in a quartet setting on eight sessions culled from an appearance at Pittsburgh’s Midway Lounge. Konitz’s appearances here…
Prestige – PRLP 7132Rec. Date : January 3, 1958 Tenor Sax : Gene Ammons, Paul QuinichetteAlto Sax : John ColtraneArranger : Mal WaldronBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Art TaylorFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Mal Waldron Listening to Prestige : #262Stream this Album Billboard : 04/28/1958Three stars The “Big Sound” it certainly…
Prestige – PRLP 7131Rec. Date : September 20, 1957 Flute : Frank WessBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Frank Wess Listening to Prestige : #254Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1958Three stars A swingin’ four-set album in which all of the principals are featured to advantage.…
Prestige – PRLP 7130Rec. Date : November 15, 1957 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Art TaylorTenor Sax : John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #259Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1958Three stars Red Garland gets a chance on this new disk to lead a small combo, instead of the trios…
