Pacific Jazz – PJ-1229Rec. Dates : October 18 & 26, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Chet Baker, Norman Faye, Conte CandoliAlto Sax : Fred Waters, Art PepperBaritone Sax : Bill Hood, Bud ShankBass : Jimmy BondDrums : Peter Littman, James McLean, Larance MarablePiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Phil Urso, Bob Graf, Bill PerkinsTrombone :…
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 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 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 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…
Riverside – RLP 12-311Rec. Dates : 10/18 & 10/20/1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Bobby Timmons Billboard : 12/28/1959 Cannonball and company generate a lot of live excitement on this “on location” assignment. The set was cut at San Francisco’s Jazz Workshop, with Adderley introducing the numbers. The…
Riverside – RLP 12-265Rec. Date : April 15, 1958Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Bobby TimmonsTrumpet : Donald Byrd American Record GuideMartin Williams : September, 1958 Adams is, first, probably as close to a virtuoso of baritone saxophone as there. Like that of several other saxists (who have probably gained attention…
Blue Note – BLP 4003Rec. Date : October 30, 1958 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : July 2, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1959Four Stars There’s a flock of fine, virile blowing on these sides by the Messengers. Particularly the trumpet work of Lee Morgan is clean, crisp and pure. B.…
Impulse – A-7Rec. Date : June 13, 1961, June 14, 1961Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee MorganPiano : Bobby Timmons Cashbox : 10/07/1961 The pile-driving Blakey rhythms propel the Messengers to fiery heights in the group’s Impulse date here. Though familiar enough to jazz audiences, Blakey still…
