Contemporary – M3562Rec. Date : June 9, 1958Stream this Album Piano : Cecil TaylorBass : Buell NeidlingerDrums : Dennis CharlesVibra-harp : Earl Griffith Billboard : 11/23/1959 The Cecil Taylor Quartet has a six-track set that swings all the way. Taylor’s style is his own, and the interplay he achieves with vibra-harpist Earl Griffith on…
Contemporary – C3538Rec. Date : March 26, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Red MitchellDrums : Billy HigginsFlute : James ClayPiano : Lorraine GellerTenor Sax : James Clay Cashbox : 03/15/1958 The waxing features the strong sounds of the Red Mitchell quartet. Rounding out the group are James Clay on flute and tenor, Lorraine Geller…
Contemporary – M3605 / S7605Rec. Dates : September 13, 1961 & February 19, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jimmy WoodsBass : Jimmy Bond, Gary PeacockDrums : Milt TurnerPiano : Amos Trice, Dick WhittingtonTrumpet : Joe Gordon, Martin Blanks Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 07/13/1962 This is Woods’ first album as…
Contemporary – M3602 / S7602Rec. Dates : October 24 & 25, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Jimmy BondDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Pete JollyTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Billboard : 04/21/1962 Some fine blowing by alto saxist Pepper on this album. The West Coast veteran of modern jazz punches away in…
HiFi Jazz – J612 (1960)Contemporary – S7619 (1969)Rec. Date : August, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Harold LandBass : Herbie LewisDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Elmo HopeTrumpet : Dupree Bolton The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)Les Zacheis : 01/11/1970 A fine high-riding LP of contemporary combo jazz by some stellar West Coast musicians that was recorded…
Contemporary – M3612Rec. Dates : March 25 & 26, 1963Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jimmy WoodsBass : George TuckerDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Andrew HillTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Carmell Jones Cashbox : 10/12/1963 For jazzophiles who like their music modern and hot this new Contemporary set featuring the Jimmy Woods Sextet reading six far-out originals is an extremely good…
Contemporary – S7618Rec. Date : February 13, 1969 Stream this Album Guitar : Barney KesselBass : Chuck DomanicoDrums : Elvin JonesVibes : Bobby Hutcherson Billboard : 09/27/1969 In these days of jazz guitarists like Benson, Szabó and Montgomery making the charts, it is good to welcome back Kessel, who has always been one of the…
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…
