Pacific – PJ-1233Rec. Date : July 13, 1957, July 16, 1957Album is Not Streamable Valve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Jimmy GiuffreBass : Joe Benjamin, Ralph PeñaDrums : Dave BaileyClarinet : Jimmy GiuffreGuitar : Jim HallPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Jimmy Giuffre Billboard : 11/11/1957Spotlight on… selection A beautifully conceived, superbly executed taste of “traditional” jazz with a world…
Pacific – PJ-1228Rec. Date : December 6, 1956Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob Brookmeyer, Gerry MulliganValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 A pause in the travels of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet permitted this potent recording last December in the precincts of Boston’s Storyville. Though there are…
EmArcy – MG 36101Rec. Dates : October 22, 1955, January 25, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck Morrison, Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon Eardley, Don FerraraValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Cashbox : 04/13/1957 One of the mainstays of modern jazz, Gerry Mulligan, has brought his sextet around…
EmArcy – MG 36056Rec. Dates : September 21, 1955, September 22, 1955, October 31, 1955Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Peck MorrisonDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 02/25/1956Spotlight on… selection This is the first new Mulligan in a long time, and his big debut disk for…
Verve – MGV-8246Rec. Dates : August 2, 1957, August 27, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Joe BenjaminDrums : Dave Bailey Billboard : 12/12/1957Spotlight on… selection The clarity of Paul Desmond‘s alto and the warm intensity of Gerry Mulligan on baritone were never so richly captured as they are on this, their first package together.…
Blue Note – BLP 1593Rec. Date : July 28, 1958 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Peck MorrisonCongas : Ray BarrettoDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Herman Foster Strictlyheadies : 05/13/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 01/24/1959 Donaldson, who has had an alto sax say in seven Blue Note issues, mixes tempos up nicely under a quintet format here. Digging into a program…
Blue Note – BLP 1566Rec. Date : June 9, 1957 Alto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Peck MorrisonCongas : Ray BarrettoDrums : Dave BaileyPiano : Herman Foster Strictlyheadies : 03/31/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 01/04/1958 The Donaldson quintet displays a smooth delivery as it presents a well chosen lineup of tunes. Members of the group are Donaldson (alto sax), Herman Foster (piano), “Peck” Morrison (bass), Dave Bailey (drums), and Ray…
