Contemporary – M3569Rec. Dates : January 16, 1959, February 23, 1959, March 9 & 10, 1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Ornette ColemanBass : Percy Heath, Red MitchellDrums : Shelly ManneTrumpet, Pocket Trumpet : Don Cherry Billboard : 11/16/1959Three stars Ornette Coleman, hailed by some critics as an important new jazz artist and derided by others as much less important,…
Contemporary – M3564Rec. Dates: October 20, 21 & 22, 1958Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly ManneGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Hampton HawesVibraharp : Victor Feldman Billboard : 11/23/1959Four stars This album captures Sonny Rollins at his most impressive, in fact it is one of his best performances in a long time. It was cut in October…
Contemporary – C3545 / C3546 / C3547Rec. Dates : November 12, 1956, November 13, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Hampton HawesBass: Red MitchellDrums : Bruz FreemanGuitar : Jim Hall Cashbox : 06/14/1958 The common denominators here are: (1) the quartet membership is the same on all three disks; (2) the sixteen selections on the separately issued packages were…
Contemporary – C3542Rec. Dates : July 15, 1957, September 16, 1957, September 23, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Tony BazleyPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Teddy EdwardsTrumpet : Gerald WilsonVibraharp : Victor Feldman Miami NewsWilliam G. Moeser : 04/06/1958 Leroy Walks, a Contemporary release featuring Leroy Vinnegar and a tightly knit sextet, is another in a series of giant…
Contemporary – C3539Rec. Dates : October 8, 1956, October 15, 1956, April 27, 1957, May 13, 1957, September 3, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Curtis CounceDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 74 Bassist Curtis Counce does provide plenty of bounce, well in evidence in this set of swingers. It’s good…
Contemporary – C3532Rec. Date : January 19, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red Garland Billboard : 06/29/1957Score of 76 A superior bit of alto, framed by Red Garland, piano; Paul Chambers, bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums, with Pepper cooking up sparkling improvisations thruout. Group has a sweet, clean sound, best shown on You’d…
Contemporary – C3531Rec. Date : November 6, 1956, November 29, 1956, February 18, 1957Album is Not Streamable Alto Sax : Buddy ColletteBass : John Goodman, Leroy VinnegarClarinet : Buddy ColletteDrums : Joe Peters, Bill Dolney, Shelly ManneFlute : Buddy CollettePiano : Don Friedman, Dick Shreve, Calvin JacksonTenor Sax : Buddy Collette AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 For the past seven…
Contemporary – C3530Rec. Date : March 7, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Ray BrownDrums : Shelly Manne AudioCharles A. Robertson : October, 1957 In this recording made at 3 a.m. during a trip West last March, Sonny Rollins is heard out of his customary context of a Max Roach group. It is his first trio endeavor, and is…
Contemporary – C3526Rec. Dates : October 8, 1956, October 15, 1956Stream this Album Bass : Curtis CounceDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Carl PerkinsTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Army Times : 05/11/1957Tom Scanlan A new quintet worth hearing is the Curtis Counce group. In addition to the fine bass work of Counce, note the interesting trumpet solos by Jack Sheldon and the…
Contemporary – C3509Rec. Date : June 20, 1955Stream this Album Bass : Howard Rumsey, Red MitchellAlto Sax : Bud ShankArranger : Claude Williamson, Barney KesselDrums : Stan Levey, Shelly ManneFlute : Bud ShankGuitar : Barney KesselPiano : Claude Williamson, Hampton HawesTenor Sax : Bob CooperTrombone : Frank Rosolino Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 80 A distinguished crowd of West Coast modernists who ordinarily make headquarters at…
