Bennie Green – Walkin’ and Talkin (1959)

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Blue Note – BLP 4010Rec. Date : January 25, 1959 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : George TuckerDrums : Al DrearesTenor Sax : Eddy WilliamsPiano : Gildo Mahones Strictlyheadies : 07/23/2019Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 06/14/1959 Walkin’ and Talkin’ shows Bennie Green as a soldier, more imaginative trombonist than I remembered him and, in addition displays an astonishingly competent new (to me)…

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Randy Weston – Jazz a la Bohemia (1957)

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Riverside – RLP 12-232Rec. Date : October 14, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Randy WestonBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Al Dreares Billboard : 10/14/1957Score of 71 Package was recorded ‘live’ at Café Bohemia in New York. Performances are somewhat uneven; there are flashes of uninhibited excellent, and uncompensating moments as well. However, pianist Weston and baritonist Payne make things…

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