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Zoot Sims – Plays Alto Tenor and Baritone (1957)

Jul 27, 2023thejazztome1957, ABC Paramount, Gus Johnson, John Williams, Knobby Totah, LN - Morrison, Zoot Sims

ABC-Paramount – ABC-155Rec. Date : November 2, 1956, November 19, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Zoot SimsBaritone Sax : Zoot SimsBass : Knobby TotahDrums : Gus JohnsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Zoot SimsVocals : Zoot Sims Billboard : 03/02/1957Score of 76 Tenor sax is Sims instrument, of course, but here in his first recorded alto and baritone soloing, he…

Billy Taylor – At The London House (1956)

Jul 27, 2023thejazztome1956, ABC Paramount, Billy Taylor, Earl May, LN - Sorkin, Percy Brice

ABC-Paramount – ABC-134Rec. Date : January 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 80 This LP might be subtitled “Study in piano styles.” Taylor has outdone himself to find a distinctive way of presenting each selection in the set; as a result, a many-faceted…

Quincy Jones – This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1957)

Jul 27, 2023thejazztome1957, ABC Paramount, Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Billy Taylor, Bunny Bardach, Charles Mingus, Charlie Persip, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, Gene Quill, Hank Jones, Herbie Mann, Jack Nimitz, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Wilder, LN - Artist, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Phil Woods, Quincy Jones, Urbie Green, Zoot Sims

ABC-Paramount – ABC-149Rec. Date : September 14, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Charlie MingusDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Herbie Mann, Jerome RichardsonHandclaps : Father John CrawleyPiano : Hank Jones, Billy TaylorTenor Sax : Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Bunny BardachTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank RehakTrumpet : Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie…

Jimmy Raney – Featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956)

Jul 9, 2023thejazztome1956, ABC Paramount, Bob Brookmeyer, Dick Katz, Hank Jones, Jimmy Raney, LN - Artist, Osie Johnson, Teddy Kotick

ABC-Paramount – ABC-129Rec. Dates : July 23, 1956, August 1, 1956 Stream this Album Guitar : Jimmy RaneyValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Dick Katz, Hank Jones Billboard : 11/03/1956Score of 78 In this LP, guitarist Raney is framed by B. Brookmeyer on valve trombone and three rhythm. The…

Kenny Dorham – And the Jazz Prophets, Volume One (1956)

Jul 9, 2023thejazztome1956, ABC Paramount, Arthur Edgehill, Dick Katz, J.R. Monterose, Kenny Dorham, LN - Stewart, Sam Jones

ABC-Paramount – ABC-122Rec. Date : April, 1956 Stream this Album Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Sam JonesDrums : Arthur EdgehillPiano : Dick KatzTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 73 Ex-jazz Messenger Dorham in his first disk with his new group. The idiom is rugged post-bop, like the Messengers, but Dorham’s trumpet is…

Billy Taylor – Evergreens (1956)

Jul 9, 2023thejazztome1956, ABC Paramount, Billy Taylor, Earl May, LN Balliett, Percy Brice

ABC-Paramount – ABC-112Rec. Date : January 1, 1956, January 2, 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Billboard : 04/14/1956Score of 80 In this, even more than in his previous LPs on Prestige, the incomparable modern jazz pianist offers turns and style and facility to satisfy all varieties…

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