Various Artists – Trumpets All Out (1957)

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Savoy – MG 12096Rec. Date : January 15, 1957Stream this Album (YT Only) Trumpet : Harold “Shorty” Baker, Emmett Berry, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Charlie ShaversArranger/Director : Ernie WilkinsBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonPiano : Don Abney   Billboard : 05/13/1957Score of 82 A follow-up to Top Brass (MG 12044) featuring trumpets and rhythm. Wealth of solo…

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Lucky Thompson & Oscar Pettiford – Vol. 2 (1957)

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ABC-Paramount – ABC-171Rec. Date : December 11 & 12, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Skeeter BestPiano : Don AbneyTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland   Cashbox : 01/11/1958 The two jazz mainstays are heard on a program of originals by Lucky Thompson. Thompson, on tenor sax and…

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