Blue Note – BLP 4194Rec. Date : December 24, 1964 Tenor Sax : Wayne ShorterBass : Ron CarterDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Herbie HancockTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 01/22/2021Stream this Album Billboard : 04/30/1966Four Stars ----- Cashbox : 07/02/1966Jazz Best Bet A package inspired by legends, folklore, and the arts of mystery and darkness.…
Blue Note – BLP 4041Rec. Date : June 25, 1960 Tenor Sax : Tina BrooksBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 09/29/2019Stream this Album HiFi / Stereo ReviewNat Hentoff : April, 1961 Interest: Expressive new tenor manPerformance: ConfidentRecording: Clean and clear Tina Brooks, at twenty-eight, is an…
Blue Note – BLP 4040Rec. Date : June 19, 1960 Trumpet : Freddie HubbardBass : Sam JonesDrums : Clifford JarvisPiano : McCoy TynerTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 09/28/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 11/28/1960 This is spirited Jazz, featuring Hubbard’s trumpet, with Tina Brooks on tenor; McCoy Tyner, piano\; Sam Jones, bass, and Clifford…
Blue Note – BLP 4039Rec. Date : June 18, 1960 Tenor Sax : Stanley TurrentineBass : George TuckerDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace Parlan Strictlyheadies : 09/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/22/1960 Stanley Turrentine is heard with a crew that includes Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood. It is basically a Turrentine and Parlan…
Blue Note – BLP 4038Rec. Date : April 17, 1960 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Arthur TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop Jr.Trumpet : Blue Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 09/26/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/19/1960Three stars Modern alto saxophonist McLean contributes some soul-searing solos on this album, especially on Condition Blue. Five of the Six…
Blue Note – BLP 4037Rec. Date : April 20, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : George TuckerDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/24/2019Stream this Album HiFi / Stereo ReviewPeter J. Welding : August, 1961 Interest: DerivativePerformance: PolishedRecording: Excellent Here Horace Parlan strings together a series of acknowledgements of the several men who have influenced his…
Blue Note – BLP 4036Rec. Dates : February 5 & 28, 1960 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Sam Jones, Laymon JacksonDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Bill Hardman Strictlyheadies : 09/23/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/04/1961 Altoist Donaldson is a hard-biting musician, relying on a driving blues vein for most of his…
Blue Note – BLP 4035Rec. Dates : December 16 & 19, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 09/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/20/1961Three stars Pearson has appeared with the Donald Byrd group and the Golson-Farmer Jazzier in earlier dales and here he offers the second LP under his…
Blue Note – BLP 4034Rec. Date : 04/28/1960 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons Strictlyheadies : 09/21/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 04/29/1961 This is essentially a Jazz Messengers date with an expanded spotlight on Lee Morgan. Blakey is here to lay down a vitally…
Blue Note – BLP 4033Rec. Date : May 12, 1960 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop, Jr. Strictlyheadies : 09/20/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/17/1960 The open-horned honesty, the straight-from-the-shoulder sincerity and clarity that Reece displays right from the opening bars of “A Ghost of a Chance” makes…
