Prestige – PRLP 7125Rec. Date : November 1, 1957 Soprano Sax : Steve LacyBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Denis CharlesPiano : Wynton Kelly Listening to Prestige : #257Stream this Album Billboard : 02/24/1958Two stars The soprano sax sound, a relative rarity on the contemporary jazz scene, is the feature here. Practitioner Lacy turns the horn…
Prestige – PRLP 7124Rec. Dates : March 12 & 21, 1957 Flute : Bobby Jaspar, Herbie MannBass : Doug Watkins, Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Tommy FlanaganVibes : Eddie Costa Listening to Prestige : #215 & #216Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Three stars A swinging set that showcases two of today’s top jazz…
Jazzland – JLP 46 / 946SRec. Dates : April 12, 1957, June 26, 1957, July 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art Blakey, Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 10/16/1961 The highly popular and musically productive combination of…
Riverside – RLP 438 / 9438Rec. Dates : October 23 & 24, 1962Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Reggie WorkmanPiano : Cedar WaltonTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Billboard : 02/09/1963 Blakey and the Messengers work out of their usual strong selling bag on this LP. The…
Impulse! – A-77Rec. Date : December 9, 1964Stream this Album Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner Billboard : 02/27/1965 To the world outside (and within, we expect) the jazz artist is not one who closely identifies with God. Coltrane is one who now does, and has…
Savoy – MG-12075Rec. Date : March 21, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Ronnie BallBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Kenny ClarkeTenor Sax : Ted BrownTrombone : Willie Dennis Cornwall Daily-Standard (Cornwall, ON)Hal Lee : 01/05/1957 London’s Savoy series is coming up with some of the smoothest combo music anyone could wish to listen to and…
Prestige – PRLP 7123Rec. Date : August 23, 1957 Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #251Stream this Album Billboard : 02/24/1958Three stars Another fine driving session from tenorist Coltrane. The Garland Trio has Paul Chambers on bass, Art Taylor on drums and Garland,…
Prestige – PRLP 7129Rec. Dates : May 11, 1956, October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #171, #191Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Four stars A highly informal session by the Davis group, features remarks by the trumpet man…
Columbia – CL 1965Rec. Dates : October 31, 1962, November 1, 2 & 6, 1962Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : John OreDrums : Frankie DunlopTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Billboard : 02/02/1963Jazz Spotlight Monk does it again. His first album on Columbia is provocative and filled with highly unusual bits and pieces…
Riverside – RLP 279 / 1133Rec. Date : August 7, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Roy HaynesTenor Sax : Johnny Griffin Cashbox : 01/10/1959Jazz Pick of the Week These six performances by Monk – a fella in great disk demand – were cut during a Monk quartet outing…
