Oscar Pettiford – Basically Duke (1955)

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Bethlehem – BCP-1019Rec. Date : 12/17/1954Stream this Album (YouTube only) Bass, Cello : Oscar PettifordAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBaritone Sax : Danny BankClarinet : Jimmy HamiltonDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Earl KnightTenor Sax : Jimmy HamiltonTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Clark Terry, Joe Wilder   San Francisco ChronicleRalph J. Gleason : 04/03/1955Pettiford – The Not-So-Bashful Bass Player Early in 1943, Charlie Barnet was playing the Orpheum Theater…

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Miles Davis – Blue Haze (1956)

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Prestige – PRLP 7054Rec. Dates : May 19, 1953, March 15, 1954, April 3, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver Listening to Prestige: #86, #106, #107Stream this Album Billboard : 10/13/1956Score of 77 Re-mastering by Rudy Van Gelder of some choice sides by Miles Davis and his Quartet…

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