Bennie Green – Blows His Horn (1956)

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Prestige – PRLP 7052Rec. Dates : June 10, 1955, September 22, 1955 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : Paul ChambersCongas : CandidoDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Cliff SmallsTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Listening to Prestige : #146, #153Stream this Album Billboard : 07/28/1956Score of 75 Green‘s broad, middle-of-the-road trombone is the product of his experience in a wide variety of commercial bands and…

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Bennie Green – With Art Farmer (1956)

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Prestige – PRLP 7041Rec. Date : April 13, 1956 Trombone : Bennie GreenTrumpet : Art FarmerBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Cliff Smalls Listening to Prestige : #168Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 71 A trombone-trumpet formula is not overly common among current jazz combos. To offset the unrelieved brassiness of the sound, Green and Farmer provide variety in the…

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