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…
Blue Note – BLP 1508Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/16/2019Stream this Album Cash Box : 07/07/1956 This is the second volume in the well-received first set of the “Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia.” The value of the on-the-spot recording can…
Blue Note – BLP 1507Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/15/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956 This is one of several sessions cut by this outstanding new jazz group on location at the Café Bohemia. The Messengers have since signed with Columbia. Blakey and Dorham are…
Blue Note – BLP 1502Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953, March 6, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil Coggins, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 01/10/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes by Leonard Feather At the end of 1955 Miles Davis received an unexpected Christmas gift.…
