Blue Note – BLP 1535Rec. Dates : January 30, 1955, March 29, 1955 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Percy Heath, Oscar PettifordCongas : Carlos ValdésCowbell : Richie GoldbergDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 02/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 73 Title is only half true, for one side of this collection…
Blue Note – BLP 1527Rec. Date : July 14, 1956 Trumpet : Thad JonesBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max RoachPiano : Barry HarrisTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 02/04/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 80 Since winning the 1956 Down Beat critics’ poll as best new trumpet star, Thad Jones has come to throw more and more weight around on the…
Blue Note – BLP 1526Rec. Dates : June 9, 1953, August 28, 1953 Trumpet : Clifford BrownAlto Sax : Lou Donaldson, Gigi GryceBass : Percy HeathDrums : Philly Joe Jones, Art BlakeyFlute : Gigi GrycePiano : Elmo Hope, John LewisTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Strictlyheadies : 02/03/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 80 Two sessions cut in 1953 and issued originally on two 10-inch…
Blue Note – BLP 1522Rec. Date : February 21, 1954 Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonAnnouncer : Pee Wee MarquetteBass : Curly RussellPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/30/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/05/1957Score of 81 Tremendous modern “hard bop” session cut at the jazz clue during working hours in 1954. Line-up is constructed much like Blakey‘s current…
Blue Note – BLP 1521Rec. Date : February 21, 1954 Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonAnnouncer : Pee Wee MarquetteBass : Curly RussellPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/29/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 78 Re-issue of material formerly on 10-inch, and worthy inventory for all ships with modernist clientele. The prophetic label once again has…
Blue Note – BLP 1520Rec. Dates : October 9, 1952, October 20, 1952, November 23, 1953 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Gene Ramey, Curly Russell, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Sabú Martínez Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Re-issue of material previously available on Blue Note 10-inch LPs Nos BLP 5018 and BLP 5034. The silver trio sides represent the beginning…
Blue Note – BLP 1518Rec. Dates : November 13, 1954, February 6, 1955 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/26/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/06/1956Score of 77 Two earlier Blue Note 10-inchers are combined. Half were originally grouped under the Silver Quintet, which, on the next group of sessions become…
Blue Note – BLP 1511Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 23, 1951, May 30, 1952 Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Danny Quebec West, Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : Eugene Ramey, Robert Paige, Al McKibbon, Nelson BoydDrums : Art Blakey, Max RoachTenor Sax : Billy Smith, Lucky ThompsonTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman, George Taitt, Kenny DorhamVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 01/19/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes…
Blue Note – BLP 1510Rec. Dates : October 15, 1947, October 24, 1947, November 21, 1947, July 2, 1948 Piano : Thelonious MonkAlto Sax : Danny Quebec West, Sahib ShihabBass : Eugene Ramey, Robert Paige, John SimmonsDrums : Art Blakey, Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Billy SmithTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman, George TaittVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 01/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/02/1956Score of 72 A collection of Monk recordings made…
Blue Note – BLP 1509Rec. Dates : July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, April 7, 1952 Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : John Simmons, Al McKibbon, Percy HeathDrums : Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious Monk, John Lewis Strictlyheadies : 01/17/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 76 Basically, this is a re-mastering of a 10-inch LP (BLP 5011), adding…
