Riverside – RLP 438 / 9438Rec. Dates : October 23 & 24, 1962Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Reggie WorkmanPiano : Cedar WaltonTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Billboard : 02/09/1963 Blakey and the Messengers work out of their usual strong selling bag on this LP. The…
Muse – MR 5076Rec. Date : March 26, 1975Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Clifford JordanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Billy HigginsPiano : Cedar Walton Boston PhoenixBob Blumenthal : 04/13/1976 The perseverance of some musicians never ceases to amaze me. Clifford Jordan, who has been playing strong, rhythmically charged tenor for two decades, continues to garner nary a sliver of…
Muse MR 5136Rec. Date : May 20, 1976Stream this Album (YT Only) Tenor Sax : Houston PersonBass : Buster WilliamsConga : Buddy CaldwellDrums : Grady TatePiano : Cedar Walton Cashbox : 12/08/1979 Here is a straight-ahead session by this much overlooked tenor saxophonist. The tunes are familiar: This Love of Mine, Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good To You, Memories of You, and three more. Person’s…
Impulse! A-13Rec. Dates : November 15-16-17, 1961Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : Jymie MerrittDrums : Jimmy Cobb, G.T. HoganPiano : Cedar WaltonTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Billboard : 03/03/1962Four Stars Curtis Fuller, supported by Jimmy Heath, and Freddie Hubbard, turns in some pleasant solo work on this listenable jazz set. Fuller has had stronger albums, but this…
Riverside – RLP 372 / 9372Rec. Dates : April 14, 1961, April 20, 1961Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Cedar WaltonTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Philadelphia Daily NewsHarold Angel : 08/23/1961 The Heath brothers (Jimmy, Percy, Albert), comprising Philadelphia’s first family of jazz, have been reunited under Jimmy’s leadership on The Quota.…
