Prestige – PRLP 7061Rec. Date : July 20, 1956 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Barry Harris Listening to Prestige : #180Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 78 Mobley‘s long-lined offerings in the framework of the Jazz Messengers are now well-known to all aficionados of the more…
Prestige – PRLP 7060Rec. Date : July 13, 1956 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #178Stream this Album Down Beat : 01/23/1957Nat Hentoff : 3 stars Except for most of the leader’s contributions, this is a blowing session with some areas of…
Prestige – PRLP 7048Rec. Dates : July 13, 1956, July 20, 1956 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #179Stream this Album Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 77 Altoist McLean is heard in three different frameworks. In the quartet he is assisted by Mal Waldron,…
Prestige – PRLP 7046Rec. Date : June 15, 1956 Alto Sax : Phil Woods, Gene QuillBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #174Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 80 The “pairs” here are two trumpets (Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd) and two altos (Phil Woods and Gene Quill). Rhythm is provided by Tommy…
Prestige – PRLP 7035Rec. Date : January 27, 1956 Alto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Arthur TaylorTrumpet : Donald ByrdPiano : Elmo Hope Listening to Prestige : #163Stream this Album Billboard : 06/23/1956Score of 80 Interest is evenly divided here between the truly outstanding work of McLean on alto and of Donald Byrd on trumpet. Both have been coming to the foreground…
Blue Note – BLP 1590Rec. Dates : November 18, 1957, February 2, 1958 Trumpet : Lee MorganBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Sonny Clark Strictlyheadies : 05/09/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/01/1958Three stars Lee Morgan‘s growth as a top-flight modern jazz trumpeter is indicated on this new release on which he plays both up-tempo tunes and ballads with…
Blue Note – BLP 1584Rec. Dates : February 4, 1958, February 9, 1958 Trumpet : Louis SmithAlto Sax : Buckshot La FunkeBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke Jordan Strictlyheadies : 05/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/28/1958New Jazz Talent Album Smith is one of the freshest newcomers on trumpet in some time. He has imagination, tone, and versatility. His ballads…
Blue Note – BLP 1550Rec. Date : March 8, 1957 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Art Farmer Strictlyheadies : 03/02/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/26/1957Score of 73 Mobley‘s unit, in tradition of Jazz Messengers, generates a good deal of excitement. Material is in staccato, boppish vein, has brittle quality, but is…
Blue Note – BLP 1544Rec. Date : January 13, 1957 Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverVibes : Milt Jackson Strictlyheadies : 02/21/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 76 An oft-times compelling, rhythmic program that derives its distinction from solos by the facile Milt Jackson, H. Silver and Mobley, who is evolving into one of the most…
Blue Note – BLP 1539Rec. Date : November 10, 1956 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Louis HayesTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Strictlyheadies : 02/16/2019Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : April, 1957 With the dispersal of the Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver has formed his own quintet to act as a vehicle for his distinctive compositions and imaginative…
