Blue Note – BLP 4027Rec. Date : 02/15/1960 Piano : Freddie ReddAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Mike MattosDrums : Larry Ritchie Strictlyheadies : 09/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960Spotlight Winner “The Connection” is currently one of off-Broadway’s hottest shows. The tunes in this set are those featured by a jazz group which appears in…
Blue Note – BLP 4026Rec. Date : October 4, 1959 Pocket Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Lex HumphriesPiano : Duke Pearson Strictlyheadies : 09/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/25/1960 This Is a package of original material by Byrd – six numbers, several of them blues or blues-based. Byrd’s…
Blue Note – BLP 4025Rec. Dates : October 31, 1959, November 28, 1959 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Laymon Jackson, Sam JonesConga : Ray BarrettoDrums : Dave Bailey, Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Blue Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 08/30/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960 Lou Donaldson on alto, Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Horace Parlan…
Time Records – 52011Rec. Dates : April 13 & 15, 1960Stream this Album Trumpet : Booker LittleBass : Scott LaFaroDrums : Roy HaynesPIano : Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan Cashbox : August 27, 1960 Trumpeter of the Max Roach Quintet, Little has emerged as one of the best of the younger jazz artists. In this…
Riverside – RLP 12-315Rec. Date : December 28, 1959Stream this Album Piano : Bill EvansBass : Scott LaFaroDrums : Paul Motian Billboard : 04/04/1960Special Merit Spotlight Evans more than comes into his own in this fine set. His approaches are inspired; his technique is interesting. He’s backed by Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. His improvisations on What Is This…
Blue Note – BLP 4024Rec. Date : October 20, 1959 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop Jr. Strictlyheadies : 08/29/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 04/09/1960 One of the more individual alto voices around today, McLean has a generous capacity to swing and this date goes a long way in proving it. With…
Blue Note – BLP 4023Rec. Date : November 19, 1959 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Strictlyheadies : 08/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/20/1960 First heard in London and Paris by touring American jazzmen, Kingston, Jamaica born Reece recently came to the U.S. and one of the first things he did…
Riverside – RLP 12-320Rec. Dates : 01/26 & 01/28/1960Stream this Album Guitar : Wes MontgomeryBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathPiano : Tommy Flanagan American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : August, 1960 Yes, it is an incredible jazz guitar, but in a technical rather than a musical sense. He can do many things on a guitar that others cannot…
Blue Note – BLP 4022Rec. Date : October 25, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 08/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Duke Pearson is a young pianist from Atlanta who bas been performing in New York for the past six months or so. He is a lyrical pianist with a style that…
Blue Note – BLP 4021Rec. Date : August 25, 1959 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Sir Roland HannaTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 08/21/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Most of the tunes are in a driving groove, and the guitarist displays his usual imaginative approaches and his fine technique thruout. There…
