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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Drum Suite (1957)

Aug 12, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Cándido, Charles Wright, Columbia, Jackie McLean, Jo Jones, LN - Lampley, Oscar Pettiford, Ray Bryant, Sabú Martínez, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest

Columbia – CL 1002Rec. Dates : December 13, 1956, February 22, 1957Stream this Album Percussion : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Charles Wright, Cándido, SabúAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrest, Oscar PettifordCello : Oscar PettifordPiano : Sam Dockery, Ray BryantTrumpet : Bill Hardman Billboard : 06/24/1957Album Cover of the Week Excellent color photograph by Arnold Newman effectively highlights the eerie, grotesque African masks and figurine.…

Milt Jackson – Plenty Plenty Soul (1957)

Aug 5, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Atlantic, Cannonball Adderley, Connie Kay, Frank Foster, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Newman, LN - Hentoff, Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson, Oscar Pettiford, Percy Heath, Quincy Jones, Sahib Shihab

Atlantic – 1269Rec. Dates : January 5, 1957, January 7, 1957Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Connie Kay, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky Thompson, Frank FosterTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Joe Newman American Record GuideMartin Williamson : February, 1958 Many of the “modern” jazz musicians are…

The Jazz Messengers – The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Jul 10, 2023grogg1956, Art Blakey, Columbia, Donald Byrd, Doug Watkins, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, LN - Avakian

Columbia – CL 897Rec. Dates : April 6, 1956, May 4, 1956Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 12/01/1956Spotlight on… selection The Messengers’ first Columbia album carries on in the brilliant, free-wheeling fashion that attracted so much critical admiration when they were on another label.…

Clark Terry – Clark Terry (1955)

Jun 17, 2023grogg1955, Art Blakey, Cecil Payne, Clark Terry, EmArcy, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, LN - Unknown, Oscar Pettiford, Quincy Jones, Wendell Marshall

EmArcy – MG-36007Rec. Dates : January 3, 1955, January 4, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallCello : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Cashbox : 07/02/1955 Clark Terry, long a musician’s musician, with training that had him in the forefront of such bands as Hampton, Barnet, Count Basie and Duke…

Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Music (1957)

Mar 12, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins, Gigi Gryce, John Coltrane, LN - Keepnews, Ray Copeland, Riverside, Thelonious Monk, Wilbur Ware

Riverside – RLP 12-242Rec. Dates : June 25, 1957, June 26, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, John ColtraneTrumpet : Ray Copeland Billboard : 11/18/1957Special Merit Jazz Album During these performances Monk‘s compositions, always harmoniously arresting, assume the beauty and richness they have suggested in the past. In…

Randy Weston – Trio and Solo (1957)

Feb 19, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, LN - Keepnews, Randy Weston, Riverside, Sam Gill

Riverside – RLP 12-227Rec. Dates : January 25, 1955, September 10, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Piano : Randy WestonBass : Sam GillDrums : Art Blakey Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 75 The trio numbers which constitute six of the 10 bands here originally appeared on a 10-inch LP. The new material is a solo version of Weston in four…

Thelonious Monk – The Unique (1956)

Feb 19, 2023grogg1956, Art Blakey, LN - Keepnews, Oscar Pettiford, Riverside, Thelonious Monk

Riverside – RLP 12-209Rec. Dates : March 17, 1956, April 3, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art Blakey Billboard : 12/31/1955Score of 73 The diskery has hit on the all-Ellington gimmick as a method of introducing this pioneer pianist, acknowledged as a prime inventor of the idiom, to a wilder audience than he…

Sonny Stitt – Kaleidoscope (1957)

Feb 1, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Bill Massey, Charlie Bateman, Ernie Shephard, Gene Wright, Humberto Morales, Joe Newman, John Houston, John Hunt, Junior Mance, Kenny Drew, LN - Gitler, Prestige, Shadow Wilson, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Stewart, Tommy Potter

Prestige – PRLP 7077Rec. Dates : February 17, 1950, December 15, 1950, February 1, 1951, February 25, 1952 Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax : Sonny StittBass : Tommy Potter, Gene Wright, Ernie ShephardCongas : Humberto MoralesDrums : Art Blakey, Teddy Stewart, Shadow WilsonPiano : Kenny Drew, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman, John HoustonTrumpet : John Hunt, Bill Massey, Joe Newman Listening to Prestige : #18, #37, #41, #52Stream this Album Billboard : 05/27/1957Score of…

Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins – Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (1957)

Feb 1, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Julius Watkins, LN - Gitler, Percy Heath, Prestige, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Tommy Potter, Willie Jones

Prestige – PRLP 7075Rec. Date : November 13, 1953, September 22, 1954, October 25, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Tommy PotterDrums : Willie Jones, Art Blakey, Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius Watkins Listening to Prestige : #97, #121, #123Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 76 Both of these names have more market appeal today than they did…

Sonny Rollins – Moving Out (1957)

Jan 31, 2023grogg1957, Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Elmo Hope, Kenny Dorham, LN - Gitler, Percy Heath, Prestige, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Tommy Potter

Prestige – PRLP 7058Rec. Dates : August 18, 1954, October 25, 1954 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Tommy Potter, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Art TaylorPiano : Elmo Hope, Thelonious MonkTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #118, #123Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler When the title Movin’ Out is applied to this album, it bears no reference to leaving one…

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