Blue Note – BLP 1568Rec. Date : June 23, 1957 Tenor Sax : Hank Mobley, Curtis PorterAlto Sax : Curtis PorterBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Sonny ClarkTrumpet : Bill Hardman Strictlyheadies : 04/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1958Three stars Hank Mobley shows off some listenable tenor work on this new album, his fourth for the label. On this new release…
Blue Note – BLP 1567Rec. Date : June 16, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 67 Fuller, another Blue Note “discovery,” essays a soft-spoken, Miles Davis approach to the trombone. Style is individual, but hardly dynamic…
Blue Note – BLP 1565Rec. Date : June 2, 1957 Tenor Sax : Clifford JordanAlto Sax : John JenkinsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Ray BryantTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 03/30/2019Stream this Album Audio MagazineCharles A. Robertson : April, 1958 Since this session was held, Cliff Jordan joined the quintet of Horace Silver, who warrants much of…
Blue Note – BLP 1555Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Stream this Album 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 Billboard : 10/28/1957Score of 77…
Blue Note – BLP 1554Rec. Date : March 7, 1957 Stream this Album 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 Audio : August, 1957Charles A.…
Blue Note – BLP 1545Rec. Date : January 27, 1957 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Peck MorrisonDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Herman FosterTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 07/01/1957Score of 72 Second Donaldson set for Blue Note in last two months. Tho the material and blowing is typically boppish, the straight-ahead,…
Blue Note – BLP 1537Rec. Dates : June 20, 1952, November 19, 1952, August 22, 1954 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Gene Ramey, Percy HeathDrums : Arthur Taylor, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver, Elmo HopeTrombone : Matthew GeeTrumpet : Blue Mitchell, Kenny Dorham Billboard : 04/27/1957Score of 74 Donaldson, one of the less-touted Charlie Parker followers,…
Blue Note – BLP 1504Rec. Dates : August 9, 1949, May 1, 1951, August 14, 1953 Stream this Album Piano : Bud PowellBass : Tommy Potter, George DuvivierDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Taylor Billboard : 05/19/1956Score of 77 This LP contains all the material previously available on the 10-inch LP of the same title (Blue…
