Prestige – PRLP 7012Rec. Date : October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Listening to Prestige : #51Stream this Album Billboard : 02/04/1956Score of 75 Some rewarding, sometimes dazzling post-bop jazz featuring three musicians musicians – Davis, Rollins and drummer Art Blakey. Set has drawbacks, including some drum-heavy…
Blue Note – BLP 1597Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/18/1961 This second deck, like the first, is a compilation of some jam sessions indulged in by several Blue Note regulars with guitarist Burrell at…
Blue Note – BLP 1596Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/16/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson As the nominal leader on this informal session, Kenny Burrell lives up to the designation, taking full charge and setting the…
Blue Note – BLP 1595Rec. Date : March 9, 1958 Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Miles Davis Strictlyheadies : 05/15/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson An adjective “best” or “most” to quality a jazz album in connection with a time period of a year or so now is…
Blue Note – BLP 1559Rec. Date : April 6, 1957 Tenor Sax : Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Wynton KellyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 03/14/2019Stream this Album Audio : February, 1958Charles A. Robertson Subtitled as a blowing session, the second album bearing the name of the Chicago tenor saxist Johnny Griffin is just like that, in…
Blue Note – BLP 1558Rec. Date : April 14, 1957 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 03/13/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Rollins‘ second Blue Note LP is another essential volume for the modernist collector trade. Supporting names to help sales along include those…
Blue Note – BLP 1556Rec. Dates : February 11, 1957, February 12, 1957, February 13, 1957 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Art Blakey, Donald BaileyGuitar : Eddie McFadden Strictlyheadies : 03/11/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/24/1959Four stars Smith applies some interesting organ effects to his stylings of a flock of stands and original tunes. All the Things You Are, is given an…
Blue Note – BLP 1555Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QuinteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/05/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Score of 77 A percussion set that leans to the primitive. Generally explosive and exciting,…
Blue Note – BLP 1554Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Drums : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Art Taylor, Charles “Specs” WrightBass : Wendell MarshallFlute : Herbie MannPercussion: “Sabú” Martinez, Carlos “Patato” Valdés, José Valiente, Ubaldo Nieto, Evelio QunteroPiano : Ray BryantVocals : Art Blakey, “Sabú” Martinez Strictlyheadies : 03/04/2019Stream this Album Audio : August, 1957Charles A. Robertson An exuberant drummer who chafes under the restrictions of the ordinary…
Blue Note – BLP 1552Rec. Dates : February 12, 1957, February 13, 1957 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell Strictlyheadies : 03/03/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/11/1958Score of 3 stars Jimmy Smith can do some incredible things on organ and on this new Blue Note set, his eighth for the label,…
