Blue Note LP 1597

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume Two (1961)

Blue Note – BLP 1597Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/18/1961 This second deck, like the first, is a compilation of some jam sessions indulged in by several Blue Note regulars with guitarist Burrell at

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume One (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1596Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/16/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson As the nominal leader on this informal session, Kenny Burrell lives up to the designation, taking full charge and setting the

Lee Morgan – The Cooker (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1578Rec. Date – September 29, 1957 Trumpet : Lee MorganBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Bobby Timmons Strictlyheadies : 04/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/27/1958Score of 77 Virile outpouring from young Morgan who is evolving into one of the most commanding trumpet voices on the modern scene. In this showcase, he is

Curtis Fuller – The Opener (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1567Rec. Date : June 16, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 67 Fuller, another Blue Note “discovery,” essays a soft-spoken, Miles Davis approach to the trombone. Style is individual, but hardly dynamic

Hank Mobley Sextet – Hank (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1560Rec. Date : April 21, 1957 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyAlto Sax : John JenkinsBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Bobby TimmonsTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 03/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 01/11/1958 Here are five readings from some of jazzdom’s foremost personalities. The sextet features prominent musicians Mobley (tenor sax), Donald Byrd (trumpet), and “Philly” Joe Jones (drums). The items

Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1543Rec. Date : March 12, 1956, May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Stream this Album Guitar – Kenny BurrellBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Sam JonesCongas : CándidoDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Arthur EdgehillPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Frank Foster, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Audio :

Kenny Dorham – ‘Round About Midnight At The Café Bohemia (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1524Rec. Date : May 31, 1956 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Sam JonesDrums : Arthur EdgehillGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : J.R. Monterose Strictlyheadies : 02/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Dorham, original trumpet man in the Jazz Messenger group, is framed here with a group of up-and-coming but as yet not over-recorded