Blue Note – BLP 4023Rec. Date : November 19, 1959 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Strictlyheadies : 08/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/20/1960 First heard in London and Paris by touring American jazzmen, Kingston, Jamaica born Reece recently came to the U.S. and one of the first things he did…
Riverside – RLP 12-320Rec. Dates : 01/26 & 01/28/1960Stream this Album Guitar : Wes MontgomeryBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathPiano : Tommy Flanagan American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : August, 1960 Yes, it is an incredible jazz guitar, but in a technical rather than a musical sense. He can do many things on a guitar that others cannot…
Impulse! – A-9130Rec. Date : 09/09/1966Stream this Album Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Arnie LawrenceBass : Richard DavisGuitar : Larry CoryellOrgan : Ernie HayesPiano : Archie Shepp Billboard : 04/01/1967A Spotlight Pick The hard-driving, frenetic title song sets the pace for the album. Excellent performances by Hamilton on drums, with Arnie Lawrence on alto sax; Ernie Hayes on organ;…
RCA Victor – LSP-3835Rec. Dates : April 18-20, 1967Stream this Album Vibes : Gary BurtonBass : Steve SwallowDrums : Roy HaynesGuitar : Larry Coryell Billboard : 08/26/1967Special Merit Pick Burton is earning himself a niche in the arena and rightfully so. He and his men are closing the gap between jazz and rock, and he is a name…
Blue Note – BLP 4022Rec. Date : October 25, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 08/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Duke Pearson is a young pianist from Atlanta who bas been performing in New York for the past six months or so. He is a lyrical pianist with a style that…
Blue Note – BLP 4021Rec. Date : August 25, 1959 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Sir Roland HannaTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 08/21/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Most of the tunes are in a driving groove, and the guitarist displays his usual imaginative approaches and his fine technique thruout. There…
Impulse! – A-99Rec. Dates : 1962-1964Album is Not StreamableLiner Notes courtesy of mcrichley Various Artists Billboard : 08/29/1964Jazz Spotlight Jazz lovers will revel with this, the first volume of previously unreleased recordings by Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Terry Gibbs, Shirley Scott, and avant-garders, McCoy Tyner, Charlie Mingus, John Coltrane, Clark Terry and Shelly Manne. The set is made up of unissued tracks recorded during the…
Blue Note – BLP 4020Rec. Date : May 20, 1959 Bass : Andy SimpkinsDrums : Bill DowdyPiano : Gene Harris Strictlyheadies : 08/20/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/27/1960 As a tightly knit, fully integrated group, the Sounds rival any trio. Each is in complete accord with the needs and demands of the others and through this cohesion they are able…
Impulse! – A-50Rec. Dates : October 8 & November 18, 1963Stream this Album Soprano & Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner Billboard : 02/29/1964Jazz Spotlight Pick Three tracks recorded in Birdland (N.Y.) late last year – two others from the studio – all of them customary high-intensity heightened even further…
Columbia – KG 33236Rec. Dates : May 1970 – Oct. 1974Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisDrums : Billy Cobham, Al Foster, Bernard PurdieElectric Bass : Mike Henderson, Gene PerlaElectric Piano : Miles Davis, Keith JarrettElectric Sitar : Khalil BalakrishnaFlute : David Liebman, Sonny FortuneGuitar : John McLaughlin, Reggie Lucas, Pete Cosey, Dominique Gaumont, Cornell DupreeHarp : Wally ChambersOrgan : Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Cedric LawsonPercussion : Airto Moreira, Mtume, Badal RoyPiano : Cedric LawsonSoprano Sax…
