Gil Mellé – Gil’s Guests (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Ed ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal

Art Farmer / Donald Byrd – Two Trumpets (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7062Rec. Date : August 3, 1956 Trumpet : Donald Byrd, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsFlugelhorn : Art FarmerDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Barry Harris Listening to Prestige : #182Stream this Album Billboard : 01/26/1957Score of 78 The trumpets of Farmer and Byrd are framed in a familiar setting: Jackie McLean on alto, Barry Harris on piano, Art Taylor on drums and Doug Watkins on bass. Farmer and

Prestige LP 7060

Gene Ammons All-Stars – Jammin’ With Gene (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7060Rec. Date : July 13, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #178July 13, 1956 MetronomeJack Maher : January, 1957 Jammin’ with Gene, which serves as a

Modern Jazz Quartet / Milt Jackson Quintet – MJQ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7059Rec. Dates : December 22, 1952, June 16, 1954 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Horace SilverTrumpet : Henry Boozier Listening to Prestige : #74, #113Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Album Cover of the Week Sometimes the simplest design is the most fetching, and this is an example of that principle. The repeated

Prestige LP 7058

Sonny Rollins – Moving Out (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one

Prestige LP 7057

Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7057Rec. Dates : June 25, 1953, December 23, 1954, January 9, 1955 Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #89June 25, 1953Listening to Prestige : #130December 23, 1954Listening to Prestige : #135January 9, 1955 Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of

Prestige LP 7056

James Moody – James Moody’s Moods (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7056Rec. Dates : September 29, 1954, January 28, 1955, August 24, 1955, December 12, 1955 Album is Not Streamable Tenor Sax, Alto Sax : James MoodyBaritone Sax : Pee Wee MooreBass : John LathanDrums : Clarence JohnsonPiano : Jimmy BoydTrombone : William ShepherdTrumpet : Dave BurnsVocals : Eddie Jefferson Featured LinksListening to

Clifford Brown – Memorial (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7055Rec. Dates: June 11, 1953, September 15, 1953 Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford Brown, Idrees Sulieman, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Gigi Gryce, Arne DomnérusBaritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Lars GullinBass : Percy Heath, Gunnar JohnsonClarinet : Arne DomnérusDrums : Philly Joe Jones, Jack NorenPiano : Tadd Dameron, Bengt HallbergTenor Sax :

Miles Davis – Blue Haze (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7054Rec. Dates : May 19, 1953, March 15, 1954, April 3, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #86May 19, 1953Listening to Prestige : #106March