EmArcy – MG 36102Rec. Date : August 11, 1954Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Clifford BrownAlto Sax : Herb Geller, Joe MainiBass : Curtis CounceDrums : Max RoachPiano : Kenny DrewTenor Sax : Walter Benton Billboard : 05/06/1957Score of 75 Package should move with dealers who cater to modern jazz clientele, for Brown‘s recent death has created demand for his recorded efforts. Set…
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 – 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…
Atlantic – 1212Rec. Dates : March 1, 1955, March 3, 1955Stream this Album Trumpet : Shorty RogersBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Pete JollyTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Billboard : 07/16/1955Score of 82 This is Shorty Rogers first album for Atlantic – and the first in which he uses his own…
Prestige – PRLP 7078Rec. Dates : August 31, 1953, January 6, 1955 Vibes, Piano : Teddy CharlesDrums : Shelly ManneBass : Curtis Counce, Charles MingusTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Shorty Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91, #134Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 74 A representative, varied sampling of the West and East Coast recording activities of the adventurous vibist-writer, Teddy…
Prestige – PRLP 7028Rec. Dates : August 21, 1953, August 31, 1953 Vibes : Teddy CharlesBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Curtis CounceClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Teddy CharlesTenor Sax : Jimmy GiuffreTrumpet : Shorty “Jolly” Rogers Listening to Prestige : #91Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 06/30/1956Score of 76 A re-issue of the material on the 10-inch…
