Savoy – MG 12063Rec. Date : January 19, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Joe WilderBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 06/02/1956Score of 80 Trumpeter Wilder, on the basis of this program, should become a much bigger jazz name. He gets a gorgeous, full tone and plays like a…
Roost – RLP 2208Rec. Dates : December 15, 1955, December 16, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Saxophone : Sonny StittBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 79 The heir-apparent to the “top alto sax man” crown of the late and great Charlie Parker is generally…
Roost – RLP 2204Rec. Dates : September 30, 1955, October 9, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Saxophone : Sonny Stitt, Anthony OrtegaArranger/Conductor : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesFlute : Anthony OrtegaGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Seldon PowellTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Thad…
RCA Victor – LPM-1162Rec. Dates : June 24, 1955, June 25, 1955 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Bill PerkinsBass : John BealDrums : Chuck FloresGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 77 This album must have been conceived as a hopeful experiment: Three tenor…
Pacific – PJ-1216Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, January 4, 1956, February 10, 1956, February 13, 1956 Stream this Album Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : Carson SmithCello : Fred KatzClarinet : Buddy ColletteGuitar : Jim HallFlute : Buddy ColletteTenor Sax : Buddy Collette Billboard : 05/26/1956Spotlight on… selection Hamilton’s first 12-inch…
Pacific – PJ-1215Rec. Date : January 25, 1956 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 79 These sides were cut in January, just after Shank formed his quartet to bring into the Haig, the Wilshire Boulevard jazzery. On…
Pacific – PJ-1210Rec. Date : June 1, 1954, June 3, 1954, June 7, 1954 Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Frank IsolaValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 03/03/1956Spotlight on…. selection Bernie’s Tune and The Lady Is a Tramp, included here, are also in…
Pacific – PJ-1203Rec. Date : May 9, 1954 Stream 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…
Norgran – MGN 1077Rec. Dates : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955 Stream 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…
Norgran – MGN 1076Rec. Date : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955 Stream 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…
