Jimmy Cleveland – Cleveland Style (1958)

EmArcy – MG 36126Rec. Dates : December 12 & 13, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Trombone : Jimmy ClevelandBass : Eddie JonesDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield, Jay McAllister   Billboard : 05/12/1958Three stars Jimmy Cleveland, one of the most exciting trombonists around today, gets

Teddy Charles – Word From Bird (1958)

Atlantic – 1274Rec. Dates : October 23 & November 12, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Hal SteinBaritone Sax : George BarrowBass : Addison Farmer, Charles MingusDrums : Ed ShaughnessyFrench horn : Jimmy BuffingtonGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hall OvertonTenor Sax : Bob NewmanTrombone : Eddie BertTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don

Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964)

Impulse! – A-54Rec. Dates : January 20 & September 20, 1963Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Charlie Mariano, Eric DolphyBaritone Sax : Jerome RichardsonBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyClarinet : Dick HaferDrums : Dannie Richmond, Walter PerkinsFlute : Jerome Richardson, Eric Dolphy, Dick HaferGuitar : Jay BerlinerPiano : Jaki Byard, Charles MingusSoprano Sax : Jerome RichardsonTenor Sax : Booker Ervin, Dick HaferTrombone : Quentin

Don Byrd / Gigi Gryce – Jazz Lab (1957)

Columbia – CL 998Rec. Dates : January 13, 1957, February 4 & 5, 1957, March 13, 1957 Stream this Album Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Wade Legge, Tommy FlanaganTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Benny PowellTuba : Don Butterfield

Teddy Charles – The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)

Atlantic – 1229Rec. Date : January 6, 1956 / January 11, 1956 / January 17, 1956 Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesTrumpet : Art Farmer (as Peter Urban)Alto Sax : Gigi GryceTenor Sax : J.R. MonteroseBaritone Sax : George Barrow, Sol SchlingerTuba : Don ButterfieldPiano : Mal WaldronGuitar : Jimmy RaneyBass : Teddy KotickDrums

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)

Impulse! – A-35Rec. Date : January 20, 1963Stream this Album Bass, Piano : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Charlie MarianoBaritone Sax : Jerome RichardsonDrums : Dannie RichmondFlute : Jerome Richardson, Dick HaferGuitar : Jay BerlinerPiano : Jaki ByardSoprano Sax : Jerome RichardsonTenor Sax : Dick HaferTrombone : Quentin JacksonTrumpet : Rolf Ericson, Richard WilliamsTuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 07/27/1963Special Merit Pick The prolific Mingus is back with another

Cannonball Adderley – African Waltz (1961)

Riverside – RLP 377 / 9377Rec. Dates : February 28, 1961, May 9, 1961, May 15, 1961Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball Adderley, George DorseyArranger : Ernie Wilkins, Bob BrookmeyerBaritone Sax : Arthur ClarkeBass : Sam JonesConductor : Ernie WilkinsDrums/Percussion : Charlie Persip, Louis Hayes, Michael Olatunji, Ray BarrettoFlute : George Dorsey, Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Oliver Nelson, Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Nat Adderley, Ernie

Gil Mellé – Gil’s Guests (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Ed ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal