Riverside – RLP 12-225 Rec. Date : October 29 & November 23 & 30, 1956 Stream this Album Bass : Trigger Alpert Alto Sax : Zoot Sims Baritone Sax : Al Cohn Clarinet : Tony Scott Drums : Ed Shaughnessy Tenor Sax : Tony Scott, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn Trombone : Urbie Green Trumpet :…
Xanadu – 118Rec. Date : September 22, 1975Stream this Album Tenor/Soprano Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Sam JonesDrums : Billy HigginsPiano : Barry Harris Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)John Devonshire : 10/31/1976 Jimmy Heath of the famous Heath family (Percy, bass, and Al, drums) is always a joy to listen to. This recording…
Riverside – RLP 12-280Rec. Date : September 4, 1958Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Art DavisTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker LittleTuba : Ray Draper Cleveland Call and Post (Cleveland, OH)Bob Snead : 12/06/1958 This is the first session recorded by Max and his new quintet. Whether any of his present…
Contemporary – M3562Rec. Date : June 9, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Cecil TaylorBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Dennis CharlesVibra-harp : Earl Griffith Billboard : 11/23/1959 The Cecil Taylor Quartet has a six-track set that swings all the way. Taylor’s style is his own, and the interplay he achieves with vibra-harpist Earl Griffith on…
Capitol – T-634Rec. Dates : June 6, 7 & 10, 1955 Stream this Album Clarinet : Jimmy GiuffreBari Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Ralph PenaDrums : Art AntonTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffreTrumpet : Jack Sheldon AudioJean Shepherd : March, 1956 A very unusual and highly commendable offering showing the latest work of a young and…
Verve – MGV-8213Rec. Date : December 16, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gunnar JohnsonDrums : Anders BurmanPiano : Bengt Hallberg Cashbox : 01/18/1958 The top flight tenor saxist is heard on eight sessions recorded in Stockholm. Getz is heard receiving the most able assistance of foreign musicians Gunnar Johnson on…
Verve – MGV-8212Rec. Dates : November 2, 1955, October 16, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy Rich, Stan LeveyGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson, John Lewis Cashbox : 02/01/1958 Three of jazzdoms foremost trumpeters unite their sounds to issue a disk loaded with…
Verve – MGV-8211Rec. Dates : March 5 & 29, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Alvin StollerGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Oscar PetersonTenor Sax : Ben Webster American Record GuideMartin Williams : April, 1958 The previous meeting of trumpeter Edison and tenor saxist Webster, Sweets (Clef MG-C717), produced what was…
Fantasy – 3-263Rec. Date : September 23, 1957Stream this Album Trombone : Bill HarrisBass : Red MitchellDrums : Stan LeveyPiano : Jimmy RowlesTenor Sax : Ben Webster Cashbox : 06/07/1958 Bill Harris’ ever fluent trombone takes on seven evergreens. Harris’ “friends,” Ben Webster on sax, Stan Levey on drums, Red Mitchell on bass and…
Prestige – PRLP 7146Rec. Date : May 2, 1958 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Doug WatkinsCongas : Ray BarrettoDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Idrees Suileman Listening to Prestige : #274Stream this Album MetronomeBill Coss : August, 1959 Mal wrote all the lines and, as is most often…
