Kenny Clarke – Bohemia After Dark (1955)

Savoy – MG 12017Rec. Dates : June 28, 1955, July 14, 1955 Stream this Album Drums : Kenny ClarkeAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Paul ChambersCornet : Nat AdderleyFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Horace Silver, Hank JonesTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 12/03/1955Score of 76 Some of the freshest, most imaginative

Lee Konitz – With Warne Marsh (1955)

Atlantic – 1217Rec. Dates : June 14, 1955, June 15, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzTenor Sax : Warne MarshBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny ClarkeGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Sal Mosca, Ronnie Ball Featured Links10 Minute Record ReviewsEpisode #318 Billboard : 12/17/1955Score of 80 This album is remarkable not only for

Tony Fruscella – Tony Fruscella (1955)

Atlantic – 1220Rec. Dates : March 29, 1955, April 1, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Tony FruscellaBaritone Sax : Danny BankBass : Bill AnthonyDrums : Junior BradleyPiano : Bill TrigliaTenor Sax : Allen EagerTrombone : Chauncey Welsch Billboard : 12/03/1955Score of 75 Here’s one that should kick up some excitement along critics’ row, and

Serge Chaloff – Boston Blow-Up! (1955)

Capitol – T6510Rec. Dates : April 4, 1955, April 5, 1955 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Serge ChaloffAlto Sax : Boots MussulliBass : Everett EvansDrums : Jimmy ZitanoPiano : Ray SantisiTrumpet : Herb Pomeroy Cashbox : 10/01/1955 The Kenton Presents Jazz series offers a new sextet featuring the baritone sax of Serge Chaloff, supported

Harry Carney – With Strings (1955)

Clef – MG C-640Rec. Date : December 14, 1954 Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Wendell MarshallBass Clarinet : Harry CarneyClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Louie BellsonFrench Horn : Tony MirandaGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Leroy LovettStrings : UnknownTenor Sax : Jimmy HamiltonTrumpet : Ray Nance Billboard : 04/23/1955Score of 74

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz (1955)

Clef – MG C-641Rec. Date : October 29, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louie BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 03/19/1955Score of 79 Roy and Diz playing together? Hard to believe, but true. These two great trumpet players,

Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie – Roy and Diz #2 (1955)

Clef – MG C-671Rec. Date : October 29, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy GillespieBass : Ray BrownDrums : Louie BellsonGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar PetersonVocals : Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie Billboard : 11/26/1955Score of 80 The first Roy-Diz set set, provocative as it was, struck many as more of a

Eddie Condon – Jammin’ At Condon’s (1955)

Columbia – CL 616Rec. Dates : June 24, 1954, July 1, 1954 Stream this Album Guitar : Eddie CondonAlto Horn : Dick CaryBass : Al HallClarinet : Ed Hall, Peanuts HuckoCornet : Wild Bill DavisonDrums : Cliff LeemanPiano : Gene SchroederTenor Sax : Bud FreemanTrombone : Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarityTrumpet : Billy Butterfield Army TimesTom