Columbia – CL 1193Rec. Dates : February 4 and March 4, 1958Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Billboard : 09/22/1958 This is one of Miles Davis’ best to date. In addition to Davis’ fine tone…
Columbia – CL 1198Rec. Dates : April 2 & 3, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonBass : Jimmy WoodeClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Sam WoodyardFlugelhorn : Clark TerryTenor Sax : Paul GonsalvesTrombone : Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson Billboard : 10/13/1958 A swinging performance of standard jazz pieces and some new songs…
Columbia – CL 999Rec. Date : December 19-21, 1956, February 20, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : Kai Winding, Carl Fontana, Wayne AndreBass : Kenny O’BrienBass Trombone : Dick LiebBaritone Horn : Dick LiebDrums : Jack Franklin, Tom MontgomeryPiano : Roy Frazee Billboard : 06/24/1957 LP illustrates how much can be done with a group…
Columbia – CL 1034Rec. Dates : May 1 & 2, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Norman BatesDrums : Joe Morello Billboard : 09/16/1957 Generally excellent “live” performances by the quartet, particularly altoist Paul Desmond. Brubeck’s piano work on One Moment Worth Years is high spot of…
Columbia – CL 936Rec. Dates : August 1-3, 1956 Stream this Album Trombone : Kai Winding, Carl Fontana, Wayne AndreBass : Kenny O’BrienBass Trombone : Dick LiebBaritone Horn : Dick LiebDrums : Jack FranklinPiano : Roy Frazee Billboard : 01/12/1957 Here Winding carries on in the spirit of the Kai and Jay experiments, but now…
Columbia – CL 1030Rec. Dates : April 11, 12 & 26, 1957 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Max RoachPiano : Tommy Flanagan Cashbox : 09/28/1957 The jazzist, out for another solo stint since the famed J.J. Johnson – Kai Winding group ended its jazz run, is featured as part…
Columbia – CL 1307Rec. Dates : December 17 & 23, 1958, January 15, 1959Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyTrumpet : Art Farmer Accompanying Longread: New Yorker Profile of Gerry Mulligan, March 1959 (21,000 words) Cashbox : 04/18/1959 Mulligan’s ubiquitous baritone sax is once again an LP…
Columbia – CL 590Rec. Dates : December 1953, March 30 & July 22, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Bob Bates, Ron CrottyDrums : Joe Dodge Billboard : 11/20/1954Score of 86 Dave Brubeck, now riding with one of the highest-selling jazz albums of 1954, could have another solid…
Columbia – CL 1715 / CS 8515Rec. Dates : July 6 & 7, 1961Stream this Album Piano : Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billy StrayhornAlto Sax : Marshal Royal, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Frank WessBaritone Sax : Harry Carney, Charlie FowlkesBass : Eddie Jones, Aaron BellClarinet : Jimmy Hamilton, Marshal Royal, Russell ProcopeDrums : Sonny Payne,…
Columbia – CL 1965Rec. Dates : October 31, 1962, November 1, 2 & 6, 1962Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : John OreDrums : Frankie DunlopTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Billboard : 02/02/1963Jazz Spotlight Monk does it again. His first album on Columbia is provocative and filled with highly unusual bits and pieces…
