Blue Note – BLP 4010Rec. Date : January 25, 1959 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : George TuckerDrums : Al DrearesTenor Sax : Eddy WilliamsPiano : Gildo Mahones Strictlyheadies : 07/23/2019Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 06/14/1959 Walkin’ and Talkin’ shows Bennie Green as a solider, more imaginative trombonist than I remembered him and, in addition displays an astonishingly competent new (to…
Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Count Basie, Nat PierceTenor Saxophone : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : Bennie Green, Lawrence BrownTrumpet : Emmett Berry Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 78 To all who can’t understand the current Basie boom, and certainly to those who do, this set is urgently…
Columbia – CL 701Rec. Dates : March 31, 1954, August 13, 1954, March 15, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Ruby BraffBass : Milt Hinton, Walter PageClarinet : Woody HermanDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie Green, Steve JordanPiano : Al Waslohn, Billy Kyle, Jimmy JonesSaxophone : Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Charlie Fowlkes, Coleman Hawkins, Lem DavisTrombone : Bennie Green, Dicky Harris, Trummy Young, Urbie Green Cashbox : 10/22/1955 Buck Clayton, a Count…
Prestige – PRLP 7049Rec. Date : June 29, 1956 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : Sonny WellesleyDrums : Bill EnglishPiano : Lloyd MayersTenor Sax : Eric Dixon Listening to Prestige : #176Stream this Album Miami HeraldUnknown : 01/06/1957 If you go for the trombone in a big way, here are two albums worth a listen. One is Walkin’ Down, quintet music from Bennie…
Prestige – PRLP 7041Rec. Date : April 13, 1956 Trombone : Bennie GreenTrumpet : Art FarmerBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Cliff Smalls Listening to Prestige : #168Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 71 A trombone-trumpet formula is not overly common among current jazz combos. To offset the unrelieved brassiness of the sound, Green and Farmer provide variety in the…
Prestige – PRLP 7030Rec. Dates : May 13, 1952, December 3, 1954 Trombone : Bennie Green, Jay Jay Johnson, Kai WindingBass : Tommy Potter, Peck MorrisonDrums : Osie Johnson, Al HarewoodPiano : John Malachi, Dick KatzStrings : Alan Lane, Autrey McKissack, Adam Micevich, Harold Sonn, Max Waxler, Donald White Listening to Prestige : #63A, #127Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 80 Re-issuing of Prestige…
Prestige – PRLP 7025Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, February 19, 1953 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Leonard GaskinDrums : Roy Haynes, Kenny ClarkePiano : John LewisTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Al Cohn, Zoot SimsTrombone : Bennie Green, Sonny Truitt Listening to Prestige: #39, #80Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956Score of 76 The trumpet king of the “cool” era is heard here in several sound-enhanced sessions…
Prestige – PRLP 7023Rec. Dates : May 26, 1949, August 23, 1949, October 5, 1951 Trombone : J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie GreenBaritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan, Rudy WilliamsBass : Leonard Gaskin, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art BlakeyPiano : John Lewis, George Wallington, Teddy BrannonTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Brew Moore, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Big Nick NicholasTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #8, #14, #50Stream this Album Billboard : 04/07/1956Score…
Blue Note – BLP 1599Rec. Date : April 28, 1958 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : Ike IsaacsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Sonny ClarkTenor Sax : Gene Ammons, Billy RootVocals : Bennie Green, Babs Gonzales Strictlyheadies : 05/19/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/20/1958Two stars Down home and funky is this Soul Stirrin’ set featuring Bennie Green on trombone, supported by J. & B. Root on tenors, S. Clark on piano, I. Isaacs on…
Blue Note – BLP 1587Rec. Date : March 23, 1958 Trombone : Bennie GreeneBass : George TuckerDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Joe KnightTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Strictlyheadies : 05/05/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1958Three stars A very tasty set that features several good tracks. The arrangements are inventive, and Green‘s trombone sound is nicely showcased with excellent support from this group.…
