Columbia – CL 949Rec. Dates : October 26, 1955, June 5, 1956, September 10, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisArranger : Gil Evans, Teo MaceroBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Billboard : 03/30/1957Spotlight on… selection Davis‘ Columbia debut disk is the mellowest and, for the average joe, the most accessible of his…
Columbia – CL 935Rec. Dates : July 24, 1956, July 25, 1956, July 27, 1956Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBass : Percy Heath, Wilbur LittleDrums : Elvin JonesFlute : Bobby JasparPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Bobby Jaspar Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 83 Johnson, after several years’ experimentation in trombone sonorities with Kai Winding, is heard now in a different…
Columbia – CL 883Rec. Date : September 19, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Erroll GarnerBass : Eddie CalhounDrums : Denzil Best Billboard : 08/18/1956Spotlight on… selection This package is the first Garner LP recoded while he was playing before a concert audience (at Carmel, Calif.). The pianist’s brilliant jazz technique and tender touch are showcased on a group…
Columbia – CL 934Rec. Date : July 7, 1956, July 9, 1956Stream this Album Orchestra : Duke Ellington’s Orchestra Billboard : 12/29/1956Spotlight on… selection Herein is the Ellington performance that stampeded last summer’s Newport Jazz Festival and brought the Duke back into the jazz picture, but good. The number that blew things apart was Diminuendo and Crescendo in…
Columbia – CL 897Rec. Dates : April 6, 1956, May 4, 1956Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 12/01/1956Spotlight on… selection The Messengers’ first Columbia album carries on in the brilliant, free-wheeling fashion that attracted so much critical admiration when they were on another label.…
Columbia – CL 616Rec. Dates : June 24, 1954, July 1, 1954Stream this Album Guitar : Eddie CondonAlto Horn : Dick CaryBass : Al HallClarinet : Ed Hall, Peanuts HuckoCornet : Wild Bill DavisonDrums : Cliff LeemanPiano : Gene SchroederTenor Sax : Bud FreemanTrombone : Cutty Cutshall, Lou McGarityTrumpet : Billy Butterfield Army TimesTom Scanlan : 03/05/1955 You need not be a “moldy fig” to enjoy…
Columbia – CL 699Rec. Dates : October 12, 1954, July 23, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Bob BatesDrums : Joe Dodge Billboard : 10/15/1955Spotlight on… selection The Brubeck foursome scores another bullseye with this collection of on-the-spot recordings emanating from their Basin Street (New York) appearances of October 1954 and July 1955. All three…
Columbia – CL 701Rec. Dates : March 31, 1954, August 13, 1954, March 15, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Ruby BraffBass : Milt Hinton, Walter PageClarinet : Woody HermanDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie Green, Steve JordanPiano : Al Waslohn, Billy Kyle, Jimmy JonesSaxophone : Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Charlie Fowlkes, Coleman Hawkins, Lem DavisTrombone : Bennie Green, Dicky Harris, Trummy Young, Urbie Green Cashbox : 10/22/1955 Buck Clayton, a Count…
Columbia – CL 1370Rec. Dates : May 5, 1959, May 12, 1959Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : John Handy, Shafi HadiClarinet : John HandyDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Horace ParlanTenor Sax : Booker Ervin, Shafi HadiTrombone : Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Billboard : 10/05/1959Four Stars What Charlie Mingus says in jazz is never unimportant, and he has a lot to say on…
