Blue Note – BLP 4032Rec. Dates : December 5, 1959, January 23, 1960 Alto Sax : Sonny RedBass : Sam Jones, Paul ChambersDrums : Roy Brooks, Jimmy CobbPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : 09/19/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 12/08/1960Pete Welding : 3 stars It’s almost inevitable that 27-year-old Red, who here makes his recording…
Blue Note – BLP 4030Rec. Date : January 4, 1960 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Quentin Warren Strictlyheadies : 09/06/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/03/1960 One of the few organists who can really swing the thing, Smith guides his instrument over the rippling waves of A Night in Tunisia, Mack the Knife, Makin’ Whoopee and What’s New,…
Blue Note – BLP 4029Rec. Date : March 6, 1960 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 09/05/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/25/1960 The drum giant’s present group can be compared very favorably with the days when Horace Silver was in it. Lee…
Blue Note – BLP 4028Rec. Date : February 29, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/03/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/18/1960 Parlan has overcome partial paralysis of his right hand to excel in jazz piano. In fact it is just this handicap—no use of two fingers—which gives him…
Blue Note – BLP 4027Rec. Date : 02/15/1960 Piano : Freddie ReddAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Mike MattosDrums : Larry Ritchie Strictlyheadies : 09/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960Spotlight Winner “The Connection” is currently one of off-Broadway’s hottest shows. The tunes in this set are those featured by a jazz group which appears in…
Blue Note – BLP 4026Rec. Date : October 4, 1959 Pocket Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Lex HumphriesPiano : Duke Pearson Strictlyheadies : 09/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/25/1960 This Is a package of original material by Byrd – six numbers, several of them blues or blues-based. Byrd’s…
Blue Note – BLP 4025Rec. Dates : October 31, 1959, November 28, 1959 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Laymon Jackson, Sam JonesConga : Ray BarrettoDrums : Dave Bailey, Al HarewoodPiano : Horace ParlanTrumpet : Blue Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 08/30/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/18/1960 Lou Donaldson on alto, Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Horace Parlan…
Blue Note – BLP 4024Rec. Date : October 20, 1959 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Bishop Jr. Strictlyheadies : 08/29/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 04/09/1960 One of the more individual alto voices around today, McLean has a generous capacity to swing and this date goes a long way in proving it. With…
Blue Note – BLP 4023Rec. Date : November 19, 1959 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Strictlyheadies : 08/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/20/1960 First heard in London and Paris by touring American jazzmen, Kingston, Jamaica born Reece recently came to the U.S. and one of the first things he did…
Blue Note – BLP 4022Rec. Date : October 25, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 08/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Duke Pearson is a young pianist from Atlanta who bas been performing in New York for the past six months or so. He is a lyrical pianist with a style that…
