Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in the Mulligan Sextet EmArcy set reviewed last week, but Mulligan fans will probably…
Pacific – PJ-1203Rec. Date : May 9, 1954Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : Carson SmithDrums : Bob NeelPiano : Russ Freeman Billboard : 01/21/1956Score of 79 This was taped from a concert session at the University of Michigan in 1954, which accounts for the unusually “live” atmosphere of the proceedings. The boys were blowing for an appreciative…
Norgran – MGN 1077Rec. Dates : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : George DuvivierDrums : Art Taylor Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 79 While this LP may not rank among the top Powell sets, from a critical point of view, it is one of the more commercial offerings by the pianist to date. Collectors…
Norgran – MGN 1076Rec. Date : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955Stream this Album Alto Sax : Sonny StittBass : Percy HeathDrums : Charlie PersipGuitar : Skeeter BestPiano : John LewisTrumpet : Dizzy Gillespie Army TimesTom Scanlan : 07/14/1956 Dizzy Gillespie, alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt, and a rhythm section including John Lewis make up the “Modern Jazz Sextet” on a 12-inch LP that will…
Norgran – MGN 1056Rec. Date : January 12, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Gene RameyDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Teddy WilsonTenor Sax : Lester YoungTrombone : Vic DickensonTrumpet : Roy Eldridge Billboard : 04/28/1956Spotlight on… selection A formidable collection of jazz talent was assembled for this recent date. Despite the long careers of all concerned, some rather surprising “first”…
Norgran – MGN 1054Rec. Date : August 4, 1952Stream this Album (YT only) Tenor Sax : Lester YoungPiano : Oscar PetersonBass : Ray BrownDrums : J.C. HeardGuitar : Barney Kessel Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 72 Another re-issue on 12-inch $3.98 vinyl of two complete previously listed 10-inch LPs. The President, of course, is tenor saxman Lester Young, featured here in some of…
Norgran – MGN 1043Rec. Date : November 1, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungTrumpet : Harry EdisonBass : Ray BrownDrums : Buddy RichGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 72 Lester (Pres) Young is less than a ghost of his once great self in this spotty set. Poor tone and feeble invention will scare off all…
Imperial – LP-9020Rec. Dates : July 10, 1956, July 31, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Sonny CrissBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Lawrence MarablePiano : Sonny Clark Down Beat : 11/28/1956Nat Hentoff : 3 stars Criss‘ second LP for Imperial also involves Leroy Vinnegar, Lawrence Marable, and Sonny Clark. The rhythm section moves forcefully, and Sonny’s solos are pulsatingly pointed. The troubles…
Fantasy – 3-225Rec. Date : April, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Vince GuaraldiBass : Dean ReillyGuitar : Eddie Duran Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 77 Altho sales are unlikely to be spectacular, this is one of the pleasant surprises of the month. Guaraldi is a young San Francisco pianist who has been getting rave notices with the Woody Herman band. Evidence here says…
Fantasy – 3-222Rec. Dates : August, 1955, January 15, 1956, February 22, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Brew MooreBass : Max HartsteinDrums : Gus GustofsonPiano : John MarabutoTrumpet : Dick Mills Billboard : 07/21/1956Score of 74 Brew Moore, young tenor man active on the San Francisco scene, says of his current work, “My main idea is to get back…
