Pepper Adams – 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-265Rec. Date : April 15, 1958Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Bobby TimmonsTrumpet : Donald Byrd   American Record GuideMartin Williams : September, 1958 Adams is, first, probably as close to a virtuoso of baritone saxophone as there. Like that of several other saxists (who have probably gained attention

Mose Allison – Local Color (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7121Rec. Date : November 8, 1957 Piano/Trumpet/Vocals : Mose AllisonBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Nick Stabulas Listening to Prestige : #258Stream this Album Billboard : 02/10/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Allison is a fresh young talent. He translates the feeling of the grass roots of jazz, the “country” background of his childhood, into modern language without losing

Gil Evans – Gil Evans & Ten (1958)

Prestige – PLRP 7120Rec. Dates : September 6 & 27 1957, October 10, 1957 Piano : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Lee Konitz (as Zeke Tolin)Bass : Paul ChambersBass Trombone : Bart VarsalonaBassoon : Dave KurtzerDrums : Nick Stabulas, Jo JonesFrench Horn : Willie RuffSoprano Sax : Steve LacyTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : John Carisi, Louis Mucci, Jake Koven Listening to Prestige : #253Stream this Album American Record GuideMartin Williams

Kenny Burrell / Jimmy Raney – 2 Guitars (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7119Rec. Date : March 5, 1957 Guitar : Kenny Burrell, Jimmy RaneyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #213Stream this Album Billboard : 02/10/1958Three stars Raney and Burrell, two of the more productive modern guitarists, are showcased very well here. Both display ample technical equipment and the

Various Artists – Blues for Tomorrow (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-243Rec. Dates : April 10, 1957, May 28, 1957,June 19, 1957, June 26, 1957, July 3, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Gene Quill, Gigi GryceBass : Les Grinage, Wilbur Little, Paul Chambers, Buddy ClarkBass Clarinet / Flute : Herbie MannDrums : Ed Thigpen, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Mel LewisGuitar : Mundell LowePiano : Billy Taylor, George Wallington, Sonny Clark, Jimmy RowlesTenor Sax : Bobby

Jackie McLean / John Jenkins – Alto Madness (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7114Rec. Date : May 3, 1957 Alto Sax : Jackie McLean, John JenkinsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wade Legge Listening to Prestige : #232Stream this Album (YT only) Billboard : 02/10/1958Two stars A blowing session of sporting altoists J. Mclean and John Jenkins, both bearing the stamp of Charlie Parker a little too blatantly. Of the two, McLean shows more

Ray Brown – This is Ray Brown (1958)

Verve – MGV-8290Rec. Dates : February 27 & 28, 1958Stream this Album Bass : Ray BrownDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Herb EllisOrgan : Oscar PetersonPiano : Oscar Peterson Billboard : 02/09/1959 Ray Brown, one of the Oscar Peterson Trio, one of the top bassists on today’s jazz scene, is the featured soloist on this attractive new jazz set. It

Hampton Hawes Quartet – All Night Session! Vols. 1-3 (1958)

Contemporary – C3545 / C3546 / C3547Rec. Dates : November 12, 1956, November 13, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Hampton HawesBass: Red MitchellDrums : Bruz FreemanGuitar : Jim Hall   Cashbox : 06/14/1958 The common denominators here are: (1) the quartet membership is the same on all three disks; (2) the sixteen selections on the separately issued packages were

Leroy Vinnegar Sextet – Leroy Walks! (1958)

Contemporary – C3542Rec. Dates : July 15, 1957, September 16, 1957, September 23, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Tony BazleyPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Teddy EdwardsTrumpet : Gerald WilsonVibraharp : Victor Feldman   Miami NewsWilliam G. Moeser : 04/06/1958 Leroy Walks, a Contemporary release featuring Leroy Vinnegar and a tightly knit sextet, is another in a series of giant

Clark Terry with Thelonious Monk – In Orbit (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-271Rec. Dates : May 7, 1958, May 12, 1958Stream this Album Flugelhorn : Clark TerryPiano : Thelonious MonkBass : Sam JonesDrums : Philly Joe Jones Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson Since its adoption as a second horn by various jazz trumpet men, the flugelhorn is turning up in unexpected places, sprouting in the brass sections