Prestige – PRLP 7003Rec. Date : May 20, 1955 Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : Horace Silver High FidelitySeptember 1955 The Milt Jackson Quartet is the Modern Jazz Quartet without John Lewis. The omission is somewhat monumental and although Lewis’ replacement, Horace Silver, plays an amusing style…
Prestige – PRLP 7002Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, April 14, 1950 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Percy Heath, Tommy Potter, Gene RameyDrums : Roy Haynes, Don Lamond, Stan LeveyPiano : Tony Aless, Al Haig Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #9Listening to Prestige : #19January 6, 1950Listening to…
Blue Note – BLP 1600Rec. Dates : September 16, 1958, September 28, 1958 Bass : Andrew SimpkinsCeleste : Gene HarrisDrums : Bill DowdyPiano : Gene Harris Strictlyheadies : 06/25/2019Stream this Album Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)Tony Gieske : 02/22/1959 Every time Alfred Lion comes along with one of his “new directions” discoveries like The Three Sounds (Blue Note 1600), the…
Prestige – PRLP 7001Rec. Date : April 10, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #142April 10, 1955 High FidelitySeptember 1955 Billy Taylor is an unusually capable pianist who has disdained stylistic eccentricities in favor of well integrated, clearly defined performances. Probably it…
Blue Note – BLP 1599Rec. Date : April 28, 1958 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : Ike IsaacsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Sonny ClarkTenor Sax : Gene Ammons, Billy RootVocals : Bennie Green, Babs Gonzales Strictlyheadies : 05/19/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/20/1958Two stars Down home and funky is this Soul Stirrin’ set featuring Bennie Green on trombone, supported by J. & B.…
Blue Note – BLP 1598Rec. Date : May 25, 1958 Piano : Bud PowellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Philly Joe Jones Strictlyheadies : 05/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/01/1958Three stars The “amazing” Bud Powell is still one of the best of the hard-playing pianists. This set features him in a series of ballads, swingers and Latin-temp themes with Sam Jones on bass and Philly…
Blue Note – BLP 1597Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/18/1961 This second deck, like the first, is a compilation of some jam sessions indulged in by several Blue Note regulars with guitarist Burrell at…
Blue Note – BLP 1596Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/16/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson As the nominal leader on this informal session, Kenny Burrell lives up to the designation, taking full charge and setting the…
Blue Note – BLP 1595Rec. Date : March 9, 1958 Stream this Album 10 Minute Record Reviews : Episode #182 Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Miles Davis Billboard : 10/20/1958Spotlight Jazz Album Here’s one of the outstanding jazz sets released in the past few months…
Blue Note – BLP 1594Rec. Date : March 30, 1958 Trumpet : Louis SmithBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Sonny ClarkTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Strictlyheadies : 05/14/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/11/1958Two stars Louis Smith, whose trumpet style is derivative of both Parker and Miles Davis, appears to be turning into one of the more capable of modern…
