Blue Note – BLP 4021Rec. Date : August 25, 1959 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Ben TuckerDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Sir Roland HannaTenor Sax : Tina Brooks Strictlyheadies : 08/21/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Most of the tunes are in a driving groove, and the guitarist displays his usual imaginative approaches and his fine technique thruout. There…
Blue Note – BLP 4020Rec. Date : May 20, 1959 Bass : Andy SimpkinsDrums : Bill DowdyPiano : Gene Harris Strictlyheadies : 08/20/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/27/1960 As a tightly knit, fully integrated group, the Sounds rival any trio. Each is in complete accord with the needs and demands of the others and through this cohesion they are able…
Blue Note – BLP 4019Rec. Date : May 31, 1959 Trumpet : Donald ByrdBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Walter Davis, Jr.Tenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Strictlyheadies : 08/19/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/13/1960 Byrd is one of the most forthright of the modern jazz trumpeters. He has a full sound, when unleashed, overpowering in his…
Blue Note – BLP 4018Rec. Date : August 2, 1959 Piano : Walter Davis, Jr.Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 08/18/2019Stream this Album New Pittsburgh Courier : 05/14/1960Harold L. Keith : 4 stars It’s indeed nice to know that Jackie McLean is once again saying many things of value. Along with Donald Byrd, Sam…
Blue Note – BLP 4017Rec. Dates : August 29 & 30, 1959, September 13, 1959 Stream this Album Piano : Horace SilverBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Louis HayesTenor Sax : Junior CookTrumpet : Blue Mitchell Billboard : 11/23/1959 Real funky jazz in the progressive vein is this new Horace Silver LP, with all seven tunes…
Blue Note – BLP 4016Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/07/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 02/16/1961Don DeMichael : 3.5 starsThis review compares JCotWv2 to Paris Concert (Epic 16009) These two albums cry for comparison and contrast. Both were recorded live; both exude…
Blue Note – BLP 4015Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/04/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 01/07/1960John S. Wilson : 2 stars The Jazz Messengers hit a high point in their next to last edition, which consisted of Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie…
Blue Note – BLP 4195Rec. Date : March 17, 1965 Piano : Herbie HancockBass : Ron CarterDrums : Tony WilliamsTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2021Stream this Album Billboard : 03/12/1966Four Stars ----- Billboard : 07/16/1966Why Worry, Sooner or Later Good Jazz Sells The people at Blue Note Records aren’t too concerned about how well one…
Blue Note – BLP 4014Rec. Dates : September 16 & 28 1958, February 11, 1959 Bass : Andy SimpkinsDrums : Bill DowdyPiano : Gene Harris Strictlyheadies : 07/31/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 08/01/1959 Comprised of Gene Harris, piano and celeste; Andrew Simpkins, bass; and Bill Dowdy, drums, the Three Sounds offer their jazz interpretation of eight pop tunes, among them Besame Mucho, Angel Eyes, I…
Blue Note – BLP 4013Rec. Date : May 2, 1959 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Pete La RocaPiano : Walter Davis, Jr.Trumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 07/30/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/31/1959 McLean is one of the individual and important new alto voices today and this Blue Note date enables him to demonstrate his surging, hard driving…
