Impulse! – A-4Rec. Dates : November 18, 1960, November 30, 1960, December 10, 1960, December 15, 1960Stream this Album Piano/Arranger/Conductor : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Eddie CaineBass : Ron CarterBass Trombone : Tony StuddBassoon : Bob TricaricoFlute/Piccolo : Eddie Caine, Bob TricaricoGuitar : Ray CrawfordPercussion : Charlie Persip, Elvin JonesSoprano Sax : Budd JohnsonTenor Sax : Budd JohnsonTrombone : Keg Johnson, Jimmy KnepperTrumpet : John Coles, Phil…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-149Rec. Date : September 14, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Charlie MingusDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Herbie Mann, Jerome RichardsonHandclaps : Father John CrawleyPiano : Hank Jones, Billy TaylorTenor Sax : Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Bunny BardachTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank RehakTrumpet : Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie…
Norgran – MGN 1076Rec. Date : April 25, 1955, April 27, 1955Stream this Album Alto Sax : Sonny StittBass : Percy HeathDrums : Charlie PersipGuitar : Skeeter BestPiano : John LewisTrumpet : Dizzy Gillespie Army TimesTom Scanlan : 07/14/1956 Dizzy Gillespie, alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt, and a rhythm section including John Lewis make up the “Modern Jazz Sextet” on a 12-inch LP that will…
Verve – MGV-8017Rec. Dates : May 18, 1956, May 19, 1956, June 6, 1956, April 8, 1957Stream this Album (YT Only) Trumpet : Dizzy Gillespie, Emmett Berry, Joe Gordon, Quincy Jones, Carl Warwick, Talib Daawud, Lee Morgan, Ermet Perry, Carl WarwickAlto Sax : Jimmy Powell, Phil Woods, Ernie HenryBaritone Sax : Marty Flax, Billy RootBass : Nelson Boyd, Paul WestDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Walter Davis, Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell, Ernie Wilkins, Benny GolsonTrombone : Rod Levitt, Melba…
Riverside – RLP 377 / 9377Rec. Dates : February 28, 1961, May 9, 1961, May 15, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball Adderley, George DorseyArranger : Ernie Wilkins, Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Arthur ClarkeBass : Sam JonesConductor : Ernie WilkinsDrums/Percussion : Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes, Michael Olatunji, Ray BarrettoFlute : George Dorsey, Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Nat Adderley, Ernie…
Prestige – PRLP 7080Rec. Date : November 2, 1956 Alto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Al HaigTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #192Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 79 This package, which features the blowing of Woods and Byrd, will sell itself on the strength of their solo efforts. In addition, the Parker-designed or oriented…
Blue Note – BLP 1574Rec. Date : February 9, 1958 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee MorganBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Wynton Kelly Strictlyheadies : 04/09/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 12/26/1959 This is a good album. A free-wheeling session in which everyone cooks up a storm, ensemble-wise and especially on the solos. Mobley and Morgan are driven by a vigorous rhythm…
Blue Note – BLP 1557Rec. Date : March 24, 1957 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Gigi GrycePiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Benny Golson Strictlyheadies : 03/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/26/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Incisive performances of the strongly melodic, interesting compositions of Benny Golson make this a memorable session. Trumpeter Morgan, ever improving,…
Blue Note – BLP 1541Rec. Date : December 2, 1956 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Kenny RodgersBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Strictlyheadies : 02/18/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 76 Morgan, one of the most promising of trumpet moderns, in another fine set of performances. Aided by a “cooking” rhythm section,…
Blue Note – BLP 1540Rec. Date : November 25, 1956 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 02/17/2019Stream this Album Billboard 03/30/1957Score of 77 Still another on the Silver–Mobley–Byrd collections, but this time with the lesser-accepted Mobley name on top. However, there are additional sparks here from the addition of another trumpet,…
