Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Such Sweet Thunder (1957)

Columbia – CL 1033Rec. Date : late 1956 Stream this Album Piano : Duke EllingtonAlto Sax : Johnny Hodges, Russell ProcopeBaritone Sax : Harry CarneyBass : Jimmy WoodeBass Clarinet : Harry CarneyClarinet : Jimmy Hamilton, Russell ProcopeDrums : Sam WoodyardOrchestration : Billy StrayhornTenor Sax : Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy HamiltonTrumpet : Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Drum Suite (1957)

Columbia – CL 1002Rec. Dates : December 13, 1956, February 22, 1957 Stream this Album Percussion : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Charles Wright, Cándido, SabúAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrest, Oscar PettifordCello : Oscar PettifordPiano : Sam Dockery, Ray BryantTrumpet : Bill Hardman Billboard : 06/24/1957Album Cover of the Week Excellent color photograph

Don Byrd / Gigi Gryce – Jazz Lab (1957)

Columbia – CL 998Rec. Dates : January 13, 1957, February 4 & 5, 1957, March 13, 1957 Stream this Album Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Wade Legge, Tommy FlanaganTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Benny PowellTuba : Don Butterfield

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1957)

Columbia – CL 984Rec. Dates : November 16 & 26, 1956, February 4, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Norman BatesDrums : Joe Morello AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 The eight impressions are the result of notebook scribblings made on tour with the Quartet, and were recorded

Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight (1957)

Columbia – CL 949Rec. Dates : October 26, 1955, June 5, 1956, September 10, 1956 Stream 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

J.J. Johnson – J is for Jazz (1957)

Columbia – CL 935Rec. Dates : July 24, 1956, July 25, 1956, July 27, 1956 Stream 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

Erroll Garner – Concert By The Sea (1956)

Columbia – CL 883Rec. Date : September 19, 1955 Stream 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

The Jazz Messengers – The Jazz Messengers (1956)

Columbia – CL 897Rec. Dates : April 6, 1956, May 4, 1956 Stream 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

Eddie Condon – Jammin’ At Condon’s (1955)

Columbia – CL 616Rec. Dates : June 24, 1954, July 1, 1954 Stream 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