1955 – The Jazz Tome

Oscar Pettiford – Basically Duke (1955)

Nov 18, 2024grogg1955, Bethlehem, Clark Terry, Danny Bank, Dave Schildkraut, Earl Knight, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Hamilton, Joe Wilder, LN - Unknown, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson

Bethlehem – BCP-1019Rec. Date : 12/17/1954Stream this Album (YouTube only) Bass, Cello : Oscar PettifordAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBaritone Sax : Danny BankClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Earl KnightTenor Sax : Jimmy HamiltonTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Clark Terry, Joe Wilder San Francisco ChronicleRalph J. Gleason : 04/03/1955Pettiford – The Not-So-Bashful Bass Player Early in 1943, Charlie Barnet was playing the Orpheum Theater…

Bud Powell – Jazz Original (1955)

Nov 17, 2024grogg1955, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Lloyd Trotman, LN - Unknown, Max Roach, Norgran, Percy Heath

Norgran – MGN-1017Rec. Dates : December 16, 1954, January 11 & 12, 1955Album is Not StreamableThis YouTube playlist has other period Powell Piano : Bud PowellBass : Percy Heath, Lloyd TrotmanDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey Billboard : 04/02/1955 The title aptly describes Bud Powell, who is a prime influence among progressive musicians, and whose disks have a substantial-enough hard-core market. This…

Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Study in Brown (1955)

Jul 10, 2023grogg1955, Clifford Brown, EmArcy, LN - Unknown, Max Roach

EmArcy – MG 36037Rec. Dates : February 23, 1955, February 24, 1955, February 25, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Down Beat : 01/11/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars Study in Brown is another powerfully rhythmic, emotionally driving session by this vibrant quintet whose leaders are its chief…

Clark Terry – Clark Terry (1955)

Jun 17, 2023grogg1955, Art Blakey, Cecil Payne, Clark Terry, EmArcy, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, LN - Unknown, Oscar Pettiford, Quincy Jones, Wendell Marshall

EmArcy – MG-36007Rec. Dates : January 3, 1955, January 4, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallCello : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Cashbox : 07/02/1955 Clark Terry, long a musician’s musician, with training that had him in the forefront of such bands as Hampton, Barnet, Count Basie and Duke…

Clifford Brown / Max Roach – Brown and Roach Incorporated (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Clifford Brown, EmArcy, George Morrow, Harold Land, LN - Unknown, Max Roach, Richie Powell

EmArcy – MG-36008Rec. Dates : August 2, 3, 5 & 6 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Clifford BrownDrums : Max RoachBass : George MorrowPiano : Richie PowellTenor Sax : Harold Land Minneapolis SpokesmanJ. Henry Randall : 06/24/1955 New albums in the modern vein occupied our attention this week, and we hasten to say, they are of the stuff that…

Wild Bill Davis – At Birdland (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Chris Columbus, Epic, Floyd Smith, LN - Unknown, Wild Bill Davis

Epic – LN 3118Rec. Dates : variousStream this Album Organ : Wild Bill DavisDrums : Chris ColumbusGuitar : Floyd Smith San Francisco ChronicleRalph J. Gleason : 06/05/1955 An on-the-spot recording, hifi and all that, of the exciting Davis Trio complete with crowd noises and general tumult. It’s a terrific jazz package capturing as it does a good deal of…

Buddy DeFranco / Oscar Peterson – Play George Gershwin (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Bobby White, Buddy DeFranco, Dan Lube, David Frishna, Dick Noel, Dick Perissi, Eudice Shapiro, George Neikrug, Harry Betts, Henry Hill, Herb Ellis, Herman Gunkler, Jack Dumont, Jules Jacobs, Kurt Reher, LN - Granz, Louis Kievman, Marshall Sosson, Marty Berman, Mischa Russell, Murray McEachern, Nick DiMaio, Norgran, Oscar Peterson, Ralph Schaeffer, Ray Brown, Rickey Marino, Sam Caplan, Saul Grant, Virginia Matewski

Norgran – MGN 1016Rec. Dates : December 6 & 7, 1954Stream this Album Clarinet : Buddy DeFrancoPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownCello : George Neikrug, Kurt ReherDrums : Bobby WhiteFrench Horn : Dick PerissiGuitar : Herb EllisViola : Virginia Matewski, Louis KievmanViolin : Dan Lube, Saul Grant, David Frisina, Henry Hill, Eudice Shapiro, Mischa Russell, Ralph Schaeffer, Sam Caplan, Rickey Marino, Marshall SossonTrombone : Nick DiMaio, Murray McEachern, Dick Noel, Harry BettsWoodwinds : Marty Berman, Jack Dumont, Herman Gunkler, Jules Jacobs Billboard…

Tal Farlow – The Interpretations of Tal Farlow (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Claude Williamson, LN - Morgan, Norgran, Red Mitchell, Stan Levy, Tal Farlow

Norgran – MGN 1027Rec. Date : January 17, 1955Stream this Album Guitar : Tal FarlowBass : Red MitchellDrums : Stan LeveyPiano : Claude Williamson Billboard : 05/21/1955Score of 76 Farlow, to at least one reviewer, swings as strongly as any other guitarist around today, tho his ballad sensitivity is somewhat less than that of a Johnny Smith or Mundell Lowe. His jazz…

Stan Getz – West Coast Jazz (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Conte Candoli, Leroy Vinnegar, LN - Unknown, Lou Levy, Norgran, Shelly Manne, Stan Getz

Norgran – MGN 1032Rec. Date : August 15, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou LevyTrumpet : Conte Candoli Billboard : 10/15/1955Score of 81 Name power, talent and a display-worthy cover tag this as a leader. Getz and Manne are the big names, of course, tho Candoli too has a following. The new star, comparatively, is Levy, whose…

Lionel Hampton / Stan Getz – Hamp and Getz (1955)

Jun 16, 2023grogg1955, Leroy Vinnegar, Lionel Hampton, LN - Unknown, Lou Levy, Norgran, Shelly Manne, Stan Getz

Norgran – MGN 1037Rec. Date : August 1, 1955Stream this Album Vibes: Lionel HamptonTenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou Levy Billboard : 12/31/1955Spotlight on… selection Differently oriented as Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz are in their basic approach to jazz, this first record session of theirs together is surprisingly successful. Hampton is the strong spirit of the…

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