Signal – S-1203Rec Dates : May 19, 1956, May 22, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Kenny Dorham AudioCharles A. Robertson : September, 1957 When Cecil Payne was a youngster in Brooklyn, he wanted to emulate Lester Young on the tenor saxophone. But he started out on the alto sax…
Dawn – DLP-1116Rec. Dates : November 21, 1956, November 22, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Piano : Randy WestonAlto Sax : Cecil PayneBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Wilbert Hogan, Willie JonesTrumpet : Ray Copeland AudioCharles A. Robertson : February 1958 In this discursive exposition of his pianistic abilities Randy Weston touches up some popular tunes and improvises on three of…
Roost – RLP 2204Rec. Dates : September 30, 1955, October 9, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Saxophone : Sonny Stitt, Anthony OrtegaArranger/Conductor : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesFlute : Anthony OrtegaGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Seldon PowellTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 77 Besides Stitt on alto sax,…
EmArcy – MG-36007Rec. Dates : January 3, 1955, January 4, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Clark TerryArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallCello : Oscar PettifordDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland Cashbox : 07/02/1955 Clark Terry, long a musician’s musician, with training that had him in the forefront of such bands as Hampton, Barnet, Count Basie and Duke…
Riverside – RLP 12-232Rec. Date : October 14, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Randy WestonBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Al Dreares Billboard : 10/14/1957Score of 71 Package was recorded ‘live’ at Café Bohemia in New York. Performances are somewhat uneven; there are flashes of uninhibited excellent, and uncompensating moments as well. However, pianist Weston and baritonist Payne make things…
Riverside – RLP 12-221Rec. Dates : July 19, 1956, August 22, 1956Stream this Album Trombone : Matthew GeeAlto Sax : Ernie HenryBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : John Simmons, Wilbur WareDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Joe KnightTenor Sax : Frank FosterTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 68 Trombonist Gee plays in the romantic, robust manner of Bennie Green, and occasionally goes a little more modern.…
Riverside – RLP 12-214Rec. Dates : March 14, 1956, March 21, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Randy WestonBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Ahmed Abdul-MalikDrums : Wilbert Hogan Billboard : 10/13/1956Score of 71 The critics’ New Star pianist isn’t at his most impressive in this set, tho an element is added in the shape of baritone saxman Cecil Payne. This…
Prestige – PRLP 7088Rec. Date : February 1, 1957 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Tommy Flanagan Listening to Prestige : #206Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Score of 76 Good long-run value in this one, since guitarist Burrell is a fast-ascending star. This session “cooks” all the way in a modern blues-based manner, with…
Prestige – PRLP 7037Rec. Date : March 9, 1956 Piano, Arranger : Tadd DameronAlto Sax – Sahib ShihabBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : John SimmonsDrums : Shadow WilsonTenor Sax : Joe AlexanderTrombone : Henry CokerTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #165Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 78 Dameron, who has been hibernating out Cleveland way for some time, makes a…
Blue Note – BLP 1535Rec. Dates : January 30, 1955, March 29, 1955 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Percy Heath, Oscar PettifordCongas : Carlos ValdésCowbell : Richie GoldbergDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 02/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 73 Title is only half true, for one side of this collection…
