Atlantic – 1229Rec. Dates – January 6, 1956, January 11, 1956, January 17, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : George Barrow, Sol SchlingerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Joe HarrisGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Art Farmer (as Peter Urban)Tuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 78 Using an unusually constructed jazz ensemble (vibes,…
Atlantic – 1224Rec. Date : xx/xx/1955, June 11, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Lennie TristanoAlto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Peter Ind, Gene RameyDrums : Jeff Morton, Art Taylor Billboard : 3/24/1956Score of 77 Pioneering modernist Tristano has his first album in several years. As expected, there are some strikingly original ideas advanced, but there’s nothing to scare off the less-than-intellectual listener. In…
Atlantic – 1217Rec. Dates : June 14, 1955, June 15, 1955Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzTenor Sax : Warne MarshBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Kenny ClarkeGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Sal Mosca, Ronnie Ball Billboard : 12/17/1955Score of 80 This album is remarkable not only for the superb modern musicianship of Konitz (on alto) and Marsh (on tenor), but for their successful use of…
Atlantic – 1220Rec. Dates : March 29, 1955, April 1, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Tony FruscellaBaritone Sax : Danny BankBass : Bill AnthonyDrums : Junior BradleyPiano : Bill TrigliaTenor Sax : Allen EagerTrombone : Chauncey Welsch Billboard : 12/03/1955Score of 75 Here’s one that should kick up some excitement along critics’ row, and eventually garner good sales therefrom. Fruscella is a brand…
Atlantic – 1223Rec. Date : May 11, 1955, May 12, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jack MontroseBaritone Sax : Bob GordonBass : Red MitchellDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Paul Moer Billboard : 11/26/1955Spotlight on… selection It takes an album like this to indicate the full extent of the loss to modern jazz in the recent death of Bob Gordon at 28.…
Atlantic - 1311Rec Dates : May 4, 1959, May 5, 1959, December 2, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art Taylor, Jimmy CobbPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : July, 1960 Coltrane‘s new album is as much an announcement of a new authority, and therefore a new phase of creation as Sonny…
