RCA Victor – LPM-1423Rec. Date : October 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : George DuvivierDrums : Art Taylor Army TimesTom Scanlan : 04/06/1957 Liner notes by Leonard Feather claim that Powell is “the most respected and most imitated pianist alive.” Whether this is true or not, it is certainly true that Powell has influenced innumerable young pianists.…
RCA Victor – LPM-1372Rec. Dates : March 31, 1956, October 17, 1956, October 21, 1956Stream this Album Arranger : George RussellAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Milt Hinton, Teddy KotickFlute : Hal McKusickGuitar : Barry GalbraithPercussion : Joe Harris, Paul Motian, George Russell, Osie JohnsonPiano : Bill EvansTrumpet : Art Farmer AudioEdward Tatnall Canby : October, 1957 Well, darn it, they will keep sending me…
RCA Victor – LPM-1366Rec. Dates : March 3, 1956, April 3, 1956, April 4, 1956, December 31, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBaritone Sax : Gene Allen, Sol SchlingerBass : Milt Hinton, Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyTambourine : George RussellTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Bill Barber Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 77 Still another McKusick LP, but this one…
Pacific – PJ-1233Rec. Date : July 13, 1957, July 16, 1957Album is Not Streamable Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Joe Benjamin, Ralph PeñaDrums : Dave BaileyClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreGuitar : Jim HallPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Billboard : 11/11/1957Spotlight on… selection A beautifully conceived, superbly executed taste of “traditional” jazz with a world…
Pacific – PJ-1232Rec. Date : November 6, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Russ FreemanTrumpet : Chet BakerBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly Manne American Record GuideMartin Williams : February, 1958 Baker first came to prominence with Gerry Mulligan’s quartet. He played like Miles Davis but occasionally made solos suggesting a twelve-tone conception. Subsequently, his playing has got more…
Pacific – PJ-1230Rec. Dates : November 7, 1956, November 8, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Bud ShankBass : Don PrellCeleste : Claude WilliamsonDrums : Chuck FloresFlute : Bud ShankPiano : Claude Williamson Army TimesTom Scanlan : 09/28/1957 The Bud Shank Quartet’s newest album is, in many ways, the best set this group has made. Shank, one of the most…
Pacific – PJ-1228Rec. Date : December 6, 1956Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry MulliganValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 A pause in the travels of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet permitted this potent recording last December in the precincts of Boston’s Storyville. Though there are…
Pacific – PJ-1227Rec. Dates : January 10, 1957, January 24, 1957Stream this Album Guitar: Jim HallBass : Red MitchellPiano : Carl Perkins Army TimesTom Scanlan : 05/18/1957 Jim Hall, a solo guitarist with a refreshing melodic sense who can remind you of Charlie Christian at times (like Christian, Hall leaves “holes” rather than cramming in meaningless runs) sits in with…
Pacific – PJ-1225Rec. Dates : October 21, 1956, October 24, 1956Album is not Streamable Drums : Chico HamiltonAlto Sax : Paul HornBass : Carson SmithCello : Fred KatzClarinet : Paul HornFlute : Paul HornGuitar : John PisanoTenor Sax : Paul Horn Billboard : 04/13/1957Spotlight on… selection Unique jazz “chamber group” should follow its regular pattern of making the charts despite…
Pacific – PJ-1224Rec. Dates : July 24, 1956, July 25, 1956, July 31, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet BakerBass : James BondDrums : Peter Littman, Bill LoughbroughPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Phil Urso Billboard : 03/09/1957Score of 84 The first really new set by this group in almost two years is musically adequate, tho not quite up to par…
