Riverside – RLP 12-229Rec. Dates : February 27, 1957, March 7, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Wade Legge Billboard : 07/15/1957Score of 79 Issue coincides with similar release on Columbia. An essentially boppish package that is better than most of its kind. Imaginative solo performances, integration…
Prestige – PRLP 7092Rec. Date : January 26, 1957 Trumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Idrees SuliemanBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Ed ThigpenPiano : Hod OBrien Listening to Prestige : #142Stream this Album Cash Box : 11/23/1957 The three top flight trumpeters receive the strong support of Hod O’Brien (piano), Addison Farmber (bass), and Ed Thigpen (drums). The featured artists blend their instruments smoothly…
Prestige – PRLP 7081Rec. Date : January 4, 1957 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Arthur TaylorFlute, Tenor Sax : Frank FosterGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #202Stream this Album Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 74 Follow-up to recent Prestige release in the same vein, All Night Long (7073). Title tune, a medium-tempoed blues, takes up one…
Prestige – PRLP 7080Rec. Date : November 2, 1956 Alto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Al HaigTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #192Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 79 This package, which features the blowing of Woods and Byrd, will sell itself on the strength of their solo efforts. In addition,…
Prestige – PRLP 7073Rec. Date : December 28, 1956 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorFlute, Tenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #199Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 03/30/1957Score of 71 Line-up consists entirely of stars of the new generation, and value of this set will have…
Prestige – PRLP 7062Rec. Date : August 3, 1956 Trumpet : Donald Byrd, Art FarmerAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsFlugelhorn : Art FarmerDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Barry Harris Listening to Prestige : #182Stream this Album Billboard : 01/26/1957Score of 78 The trumpets of Farmer and Byrd are framed in a familiar setting: Jackie McLean on alto, Barry Harris on piano, Art Taylor on drums and Doug Watkins on bass. Farmer and…
Prestige – PRLP 7061 Rec. Date : July 20, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank Mobley Alto Sax : Jackie McLean Bass : Doug Watkins Drums : Art Taylor Trumpet : Donald Byrd Piano : Barry Harris Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #180July 20, 1956 Billboard : 01/19/1957 Score of 78 Mobley’s long-lined…
Prestige – PRLP 7060Rec. Date : July 13, 1956 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #178July 13, 1956 MetronomeJack Maher : January, 1957 Jammin’ with Gene, which serves as a…
Prestige – PRLP 7048Rec. Dates : July 13, 1956, July 20, 1956 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #179July 20, 1956 Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 77 Altoist McLean is heard in three…
Prestige – PRLP 7046Rec. Date : June 15, 1956 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Phil Woods, Gene QuillBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #174June 15, 1956 Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 80 The “pairs” here are two trumpets (Kenny Dorham…
