Chico Hamilton Quintet – In Hi-Fi (1956)

Pacific – PJ-1216Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, January 4, 1956, February 10, 1956, February 13, 1956 Stream this Album Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : Carson SmithCello : Fred KatzClarinet : Buddy ColletteGuitar : Jim HallFlute : Buddy ColletteTenor Sax : Buddy Collette Billboard : 05/26/1956Spotlight on… selection Hamilton’s first 12-inch

Gerry Mulligan Quartet – Paris Concert (1956)

Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954 Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in

Modern Jazz Sextet – The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)

Norgran – MGN 1076Rec. Date : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Sonny StittBass : Percy HeathDrums : Charlie PersipGuitar : Skeeter BestPiano : John LewisTrumpet : Dizzy Gillespie Army TimesTom Scanlan : 07/14/1956 Dizzy Gillespie, alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt, and a rhythm section including John Lewis make up

Various Artists – The Jazz Giants ’56 (1956)

Norgran – MGN 1056Rec. Date : January 12, 1956 Stream this Album Bass : Gene RameyDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Teddy WilsonTenor Sax : Lester YoungTrombone : Vic DickensonTrumpet : Roy Eldridge Billboard : 04/28/1956Spotlight on… selection A formidable collection of jazz talent was assembled for this recent date. Despite the long

Lester Young – The President Plays With the Oscar Peterson Trio (1956)

Norgran – MGN 1054Rec. Date : August 4, 1952 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownDrums : J.C. HeardGuitar : Barney Kessel Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 72 Another re-issue on 12-inch $3.98 vinyl of two complete previously listed 10-inch LPs. The President, of course, is tenor saxman Lester

Lester Young and Harry Edison – Pres and Sweets (1956)

Norgran – MGN 1043Rec. Date : November 1, 1955 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungTrumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 72 Lester (Pres) Young is less than a ghost of his once great self in this spotty set. Poor