Kenny Dorham – ‘Round About Midnight At The Café Bohemia (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1524Rec. Date : May 31, 1956 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Sam JonesDrums : Arthur EdgehillGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Strictlyheadies : 02/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Dorham, original trumpet man in the Jazz Messenger group, is framed here with a group of up-and-coming but as yet not over-recorded

Horace Silver – Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey – Sabú (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1520Rec. Dates : October 9, 1952, October 20, 1952, November 23, 1953 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Gene Ramey, Curly Russell, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Sabú Martínez Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Re-issue of material previously available on Blue Note 10-inch LPs Nos BLP 5018 and BLP 5034. The silver trio sides represent the beginning

Jutta Hipp – At The Hickory House, Volume Two (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1516Rec. Date : April 5, 1956 Piano : Jutta HippBass : Peter IndDrums : Ed Thigpen Strictlyheadies : 01/24/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 67 Miss Hipp is impressive in the way she gets around the piano, and for her facility with jazz language. However, the fire and uniformity of performance of the “important” jazz