Duke Ellington’s Spacemen – The Cosmic Scene (1958)

Columbia – CL 1198Rec. Dates : April 2 & 3, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonBass : Jimmy WoodeClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Sam WoodyardFlugelhorn : Clark TerryTenor Sax : Paul GonsalvesTrombone : Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson   Billboard : 10/13/1958 A swinging performance of standard jazz pieces and some new songs

Clark Terry – Duke With A Difference (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-246Rec. Date : July 29 & September 6, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryAlto Sax : Johnny HodgesBass : Jimmy WoodeCeleste : Luther HendersonDrums : Sam WoodyardPiano : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Paul GonsalvesTrombone : Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, Tyree GlennVibes : Tyree GlennVocals : Marian Bruce   Cashbox : 05/24/1958

Miles Davis – Blue Moods (1955)

Debut – DEB-120Rec. Date : July 9, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Charles MingusDrums : Elvin JonesTrombone : Britt WoodmanVibes : Teddy Charles Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Cashbox : 07/28/1962 Here’s an interesting session cut quite a while ago displaying an introspective Miles Davis playing old, standard blues with an impressive,

Johnny Hodges – Ellingtonia ’56 (1956)

Norgran – MGN-1055Rec. Dates : January 11 & 12, 1956 Album is Not Streamable Alto Sax : Johnny Hodges, Russell ProcopeBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Jimmy WoodeClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Sam WoodyardPiano : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Jimmy Hamilton, Paul GonsalvesTrumpet : Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Willie CookTrombone : Lawrence Brown,

Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964)

Impulse! – A-54Rec. Dates : January 20 & September 20, 1963Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Charlie Mariano, Eric DolphyBaritone Sax : Jerome RichardsonBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyClarinet : Dick HaferDrums : Dannie Richmond, Walter PerkinsFlute : Jerome Richardson, Eric Dolphy, Dick HaferGuitar : Jay BerlinerPiano : Jaki Byard, Charles MingusSoprano Sax : Jerome RichardsonTenor Sax : Booker Ervin, Dick HaferTrombone : Quentin

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (1957)

Columbia – CL 1033Rec. Date : late 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonAlto Sax : Johnny Hodges, Russell ProcopeBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Jimmy WoodeBass Clarinet : Harry CarneyClarinet : Jimmy Hamilton, Russell ProcopeDrums : Sam WoodyardOrchestration : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy HamiltonTrumpet : Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray