Blue Note – BLP 4041Rec. Date : June 25, 1960 Tenor Sax : Tina BrooksBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 09/29/2019Stream this Album HiFi / Stereo ReviewNat Hentoff : April, 1961 Interest: Expressive new tenor manPerformance: ConfidentRecording: Clean and clear Tina Brooks, at twenty-eight, is an…
Blue Note – BLP 4040Rec. Date : June 19, 1960 Trumpet : Freddie HubbardBass : Sam JonesDrums : Clifford JarvisPiano : McCoy TynerTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 09/28/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 11/28/1960 This is spirited Jazz, featuring Hubbard’s trumpet, with Tina Brooks on tenor; McCoy Tyner, piano\; Sam Jones, bass, and Clifford…
HiFi Jazz – J612 (1960)Contemporary – S7619 (1969)Rec. Date : August, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Harold LandBass : Herbie LewisDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Elmo HopeTrumpet : Dupree Bolton The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)Les Zacheis : 01/11/1970 A fine high-riding LP of contemporary combo jazz by some stellar West Coast musicians that was recorded…
Blue Note – BLP 4039Rec. Date : June 18, 1960 Tenor Sax : Stanley TurrentineBass : George TuckerDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace Parlan Strictlyheadies : 09/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/22/1960 Stanley Turrentine is heard with a crew that includes Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood. It is basically a Turrentine and Parlan…
Blue Note – BLP 4038Rec. Date : April 17, 1960 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Trumpet : Blue Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 09/26/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/19/1960Three stars Modern alto saxophonist McLean contributes some soul-searing solos on this album, especially on Condition Blue. Five of the Six…
Blue Note – BLP 4033Rec. Date : May 12, 1960 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop, Jr. Strictlyheadies : 09/20/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/17/1960 The open-horned honesty, the straight-from-the-shoulder sincerity and clarity that Reece displays right from the opening bars of “A Ghost of a Chance” makes…
Blue Note – BLP 4032Rec. Dates : December 5, 1959, January 23, 1960 Alto Sax : Sonny RedBass : Sam Jones, Paul ChambersDrums : Roy Brooks, Jimmy CobbPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : 09/19/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 12/08/1960Pete Welding : 3 stars It’s almost inevitable that 27-year-old Red, who here makes his recording…
Blue Note – BLP 4030Rec. Date : January 4, 1960 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Quentin Warren Strictlyheadies : 09/06/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/03/1960 One of the few organists who can really swing the thing, Smith guides his instrument over the rippling waves of A Night in Tunisia, Mack the Knife, Makin’ Whoopee and What’s New,…
Blue Note – BLP 4029Rec. Date : March 6, 1960 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 09/05/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/25/1960 The drum giant’s present group can be compared very favorably with the days when Horace Silver was in it. Lee…
Blue Note – BLP 4028Rec. Date : February 29, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/03/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/18/1960 Parlan has overcome partial paralysis of his right hand to excel in jazz piano. In fact it is just this handicap—no use of two fingers—which gives him…
