Verve – MGV-8023Rec. Date : October 16, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Illinois JacquetBass : Ray BrownDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Jimmy JonesTrumpet : Roy Eldridge Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 74 Gusto galore here for the go-go fans, with a romping brand of swing that never lets down. Accompanied by some excellent sidemen: Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Jimmy Jones, piano; Ray…
Verve – MGV-8022Rec. Dates : November 21, 1956, November 23, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownAlto Sax : Jack Dulong, Herb GellerArranger, Conductor : Marty PaichBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Alvin Stoller, Mel LewisGuitar : Herb EllisPiano : Jimmy RowlesTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre, Bill HolmanTrombone : Herbie HarperTrumpet : Pete Candoli, Harry Edison, Ray Linn, Conrad Gozzo Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 78 This…
Verve – MGV-8021Rec. Date : June 5, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Tal FarlowBass : Vinnie BurkePiano : Eddie Costa Billboard : 05/13/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Dazzling jazz musicianship here. All the elements necessary for definite jazz playing – fluency, lyricism and swing – are present in large doses. Farlow, perhaps the most persuasive jazz guitarist since C. Christian, turns…
Verve – MGV-8017Rec. Dates : May 18, 1956, May 19, 1956, June 6, 1956, April 8, 1957Stream this Album (YT Only) Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Carl Warwick, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, Ermet Perry, Carl WarwickAlto Sax : Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods, Ernie HenryBaritone Sax : Marty Flax, Billy RootBass : Nelson Boyd, Paul WestDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Walter Davis, Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins, Benny GolsonTrombone : Rod Levitt, Melba…
Verve – MGV-8012Rec. Dates : July 26, 1955, January 4, 1956, January 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Count BasieAlto Sax : Bill Graham, Marshall RoyalBaritone Sax : Charlie FowlkesBass : Ed JonesClarinet : Marshall RoyalDrums : Sonny PayneFlute : Frank WessGuitar : Freddie GreenOrgan : Count BasieTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Frank WessTrombone : Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny PowellTrumpet : Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe NewmanVocal : Joe…
Prestige – PRLP 7109Rec. Dates : June 29, 1954, December 24, 1954See additional notes about 12/24/1954 here: PRLP 7150, PRLP 7650 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #114, #131Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 80 Remastered, converted sessions cut in 1954, also including previously unissued…
Riverside – RLP 12-247Rec. Dates : August 12, 1957, August 13, 1957Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Shadow Wilson Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album A significant album in which these two major modern figures engage in relaxed, conversational jazz, and are obviously challenged by each other. Though their…
Riverside – RLP 12-242Rec. Dates : June 25, 1957, June 26, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album During these performances Monk‘s compositions, always harmoniously arresting, assume the beauty and richness they have suggested in the past. In…
Riverside – RLP 12-241Rec. Dates : June 11, 1957, June 12, 1957, June 19, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Paul ChambersDrums : Roy HaynesPiano : Sonny Clark Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album The public has yet to catch up with musicians in their appreciation of this superb tenor saxophonist, who combines the best…
Riverside – RLP 12-239Rec. Dates : May 21, 1957, May 27, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Max RoachHarp : Betty GlamannPiano : Hank JonesTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Billboard : 10/14/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Package sells itself on the collective and individual excellent of all participants. Ballads are notable for the usage of harp, which…
