Cecil Payne – The Jazz Tome

Prestige All-Stars – Roots (1958)

Nov 9, 2025thejazztome1958, Bill Evans, Cecil Payne, Doug Watkins, Elvin Jones, Frank Rehak, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Cleveland, LN - Gitler, Louis Hayes, New Jazz, Pepper Adams, Tommy Flanagan

New Jazz – NJLP 8202Rec. Date : October 25 & December 6, 1957Stream this Album Bari Sax : Cecil Payne, Pepper AdamsBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Elvin Jones, Louis HayesPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Bill EvansTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Frank RehakTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman Billboard : 12/22/1958 This album is devoted to the down home…

Cannonball Adderley – Julian Cannonball Adderley (1955)

Oct 19, 2025thejazztome1955, Cannonball Adderley, Cecil Payne, EmArcy, J.J. Johnson, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Cleveland, John Williams, Kenny Clarke, LN - Feather, Max Roach, Nat Adderley, Paul Chambers, Quincy Jones

EmArcy – MG 36043Rec. Dates : July 21 & 29, August 5, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Paul ChambersCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Kenny Clarke, Max RoachFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson Billboard…

Dizzy Gillespie – Dizzier and Dizzier (1954)

Nov 26, 2024thejazztome1954, Al Gibson, Al McKibbon, Andy Duryea, Benny Bailey, Benny Harris, Big Nick Nicholas, Budd Johnson, Cecil Payne, Chano Pozo, Charles Greenlee, Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, Elmon Wright, Ernie Henry, Howard Johnson, J.J. Johnson, James Foreman, James Moody, Jesse Tarrant, Joe Carroll, Joe Gayles, Joe Harris, John Brown, John Collins, John Lewis, Johnny Hartman, Kenny Clarke, Kenny Hagood, Lammar Wright, LN - Lewis, Matthew McKay, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Ray Orr, RCA Victor, Sabú Martínez, Sam Hurt, Taswell Baird, Ted Kelly, Teddy Stewart, Vince Guerra, William Shepherd, Willie Cook, Yusef Lateef

RCA Victor – LJM-1009Rec. Dates : August 22 & December 22, 1947, December 29, 1948, April 14 & May 6 & July 6, 1949 Stream this Album Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Matthew McKay, Ray Orr, Benny Bailey, Lammar Wright, Willie Cook, Benny HarrisAlto Sax : John Brown, Howard Johnson, Ernie HenryBaritone…

Cecil Payne – Cecil Payne (1957)

Sep 30, 2023thejazztome1957, Art Taylor, Cecil Payne, Duke Jordan, Kenny Dorham, LN - Gitler, Signal, Tommy Potter

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…

Randy Weston – The Modern Art of Jazz (1957)

Sep 9, 2023thejazztome1957, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Cecil Payne, Dawn, LN - Girard, Randy Weston, Ray Copeland, Wilbert Hogan, Willie Jones

Dawn – DLP-1116Rec. Dates : November 21, 1956, November 22, 1956 Stream this Album 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…

Sonny Stitt – Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1956)

Jul 24, 2023thejazztome1956, Anthony Ortega, Cecil Payne, Ernie Royal, Freddie Green, Hank Jones, J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Nottingham, Jo Jones, Joe Newman, LN - Ulanov, Oscar Pettiford, Quincy Jones, Roost, Seldon Powell, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones

Roost – RLP 2204Rec. Dates : September 30, 1955, October 9, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Saxophone : Sonny Stitt, Anthony OrtegaArranger/Conductor : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesFlute : Anthony OrtegaGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Seldon PowellTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Thad…

Clark Terry – Clark Terry (1955)

Jun 17, 2023thejazztome1955, Art Blakey, Cecil Payne, Clark Terry, EmArcy, Horace Silver, Jimmy Cleveland, LN - Unknown, Oscar Pettiford, Quincy Jones, Wendell Marshall

EmArcy – MG-36007Rec. Dates : January 3, 1955, January 4, 1955 Stream 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…

Randy Weston – Jazz a la Bohemia (1957)

Mar 2, 2023thejazztome1957, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Al Dreares, Cecil Payne, LN - Keepnews, Randy Weston, Riverside

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…

Matthew Gee – Jazz by Gee (1957)

Feb 19, 2023thejazztome1957, Art Taylor, Cecil Payne, Ernie Henry, Frank Foster, Joe Knight, John Simmons, Kenny Dorham, LN - Keepnews, Matthew Gee, Riverside, Wilbur Ware

Riverside – RLP 12-221Rec. Dates : July 19, 1956, August 22, 1956 Stream 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…

Randy Weston Trio – With These Hands (1956)

Feb 19, 2023thejazztome1956, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Cecil Payne, LN - Keepnews, Randy Weston, Riverside, Wilbert Hogan

Riverside – RLP 12-214Rec. Dates : March 14, 1956, March 21, 1956 Stream 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…

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