Prestige – PRLP 7102Rec. Date : January 25, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Al CohnTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 76 An unusually rewarding jam session package that lives up to its title. Functional, pithy lines written by H. McKusick, M. Waldron and K. Burrell prove most…
Dawn – DLP-1110Rec. Date : September 29, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al CohnBass : Milt HintonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Hank JonesTrombone : Frank Rehak Billboard : 02/16/1957Score of 80 There is an abundance of Al Cohn tenor on jazz disks, but this is the most satisfying Cohn LP to date. The reason is simply that the sides are not…
Coral – CRL 57171Rec. Date : March 27, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Zoot SimsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 08/26/1957Spotlight on… selection Some of the best tenor sax blowing on recent disks, plus a group of fresh-sounding, thematically strong Cohn originals, smartly routine. The two Lester Young-derived modernists stimulate each other and swing…
Coral – CRL 57118Rec. Dates : December 4, 1956, December 5, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al CohnValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick StabulasPiano : Mose Allison Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 81 Valve trombonist Brookmeyer once again acts as collaborator and catalyst in producing an outstanding, swinging, modern jazz program. It’s the best set in Coral’s new…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-167Rec. Dates : May 14, 1956, May 23, 1956, June 15, 1956Album is Not Streamable Guitar : Jimmy RaneyBass : Red Mitchell, Whitey MitchellDrums : Osie Johnson, Jack EdiePiano : John Williams, Hall OvertonTenor Sax : Al CohnValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/13/1957Score of 79 A classy, loosely swinging jazz set that may be sold, first, to guitar addicts,…
RCA Victor – LPM-1162Rec. Dates : June 24, 1955, June 25, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Bill PerkinsBass : John BealDrums : Chuck FloresGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 02/56/1956Score of 77 This album must have been conceived as a hopeful experiment: Three tenor saxophones are pitted against rhythm section. Such an arrangement…
Columbia – CL 701Rec. Dates : March 31, 1954, August 13, 1954, March 15, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Ruby BraffBass : Milt Hinton, Walter PageClarinet : Woody HermanDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie Green, Steve JordanPiano : Al Waslohn, Billy Kyle, Jimmy JonesSaxophone : Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Charlie Fowlkes, Coleman Hawkins, Lem DavisTrombone : Bennie Green, Dicky Harris, Trummy Young, Urbie Green Cashbox : 10/22/1955 Buck Clayton, a Count…
Prestige – PRLP 7074Rec. Date : September 7, 1956 Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Zoot SimsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Red Garland Listening to Prestige : #187Stream this Album Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 83 A strong packaging idea well executed for what should prove a very good seller in all jazz shops. All four tenors…
Prestige – PRLP 7025Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, February 19, 1953 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Leonard GaskinDrums : Roy Haynes, Kenny ClarkePiano : John LewisTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot SimsTrombone : Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt Listening to Prestige: #39, #80Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956Score of 76 The trumpet king of the “cool” era is heard here in several sound-enhanced sessions…
Prestige – PRLP 7022Rec. Dates : April 8, 1949, September 8, 1952 Baritone Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gene Ramey, Percy HeathDrums : Charlie Perry, Art BlakeyPiano : George Wallington, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims, Stan GetzTrombone : Kai Winding Listening to Prestige : #6Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 74 Title derives from fact that most of…
