Eddie Costa – The Jazz Tome

Hal McKusick – Triple Exposure (1958)

Oct 15, 2025thejazztome1958, Billy Byers, Charlie Persip, Eddie Costa, Hal McKusick, LN - Gitler, Paul Chambers, Prestige

Prestige – PRLP 7135Rec. Date : December 27, 1957 Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Paul ChambersClarinet : Hal McKusickDrums : Charlie PersipPiano : Eddie CostaTenor Sax : Hal McKusickTrombone : Billy Byers Stream this AlbumListening to Prestige : #261 Billboard : 04/28/1958Two stars Hal McKusick, one of the better reed men in today’s modern…

Herbie Mann & Bobby Jaspar – Flute Flight (1958)

Aug 14, 2025thejazztome1958, Bobby Donaldson, Bobby Jaspar, Doug Watkins, Eddie Costa, Herbie Mann, Joe Puma, LN - Gitler, Prestige, Tommy Flanagan, Wendell Marshall

Prestige – PRLP 7124Rec. Dates : March 12 & 21, 1957 Flute : Bobby Jaspar, Herbie MannBass : Doug Watkins, Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Tommy FlanaganVibes : Eddie Costa Listening to Prestige : #215 & #216Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Three stars A swinging set that showcases two of today’s top jazz…

Gil Evans Orchestra – Into The Hot (1962)

Nov 25, 2023thejazztome1962, Archie Shepp, Art Davis, Barry Galbraith, Bob Brookmeyer, Cecil Taylor, Clark Terry, Doc Severinsen, Eddie Costa, Gene Quill, Harvey Phillips, Henry Grimes, Impulse!, Jim Buffington, Jimmy Lyons, Jimmy Murray, Joe Wilder, John Carisi, Johnny Glasel, LN - Hentoff, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Phil Woods, Roswell Rudd, Ted Curson, Urbie Green

Impulse! – A-9Rec. Date : September 14, 1961, October 6, 1961, October 10, 1961, October 31, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Composer/Arranger : John Carisi, Cecil TaylorAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil Woods, Jimmy LyonsBass : Milt Hinton, Art Davis, Henry GrimesDrums : Osie Johnson, Jimmy MurrayFrench Horn : Jim BuffingtonGuitar : Barry GalbraithPiano : Eddie Costa, Cecil TaylorTenor Sax : Archie SheppTrombone : Urbie Green, Bob Brookmeyer, Roswell RuddTrumpet…

A.K. Salim – Blues Suite (1959)

Oct 4, 2023thejazztome1959, A.K. Salim, Buster Cooper, Eddie Costa, George Duvivier, Joe Wilder, LN - Stein, Nat Adderley, Oscar Dennard, Paul Cohen, Phil Woods, Sahib Shihab, Savoy, Seldon Powell, Wilbur Hogan

Savoy MG-12132Rec. Dates : September 26, 1958, October 6, 1958Stream this Album (YT only) Composer/Arranger : A.K. SalimAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : George DuvivierDrums : Wilbur HoganFlute : Seldon PowellPiano : Eddie Costa, Oscar DennardTenor Sax : Seldon PowellTrombone : Buster CooperTrumpet : Nat Adderley, Paul Cohen, Joe Wilder Cashbox : 03/28/1959 Composer-conductor-arranger Salim has surrounded himself with an impressive aggregation of jazz names…

Tal Farlow – The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow (1957)

Jul 16, 2023thejazztome1957, Eddie Costa, LN - Simon, Tal Farlow, Verve, Vinnie Burke

Verve – MGV-8201Rec. Date : May 31, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Tal FarlowBass : Vinnie BurkePiano : Eddie Costa Billboard : 11/18/1957Score of 82 Farlow’s tremendous dexterity and vivid imagination make this one of the better jazz guitar packages on the market. The music is bright thruout the set, with some superb piano by Eddie Costa and a pleasing…

Tal Farlow – Tal (1957)

Jul 14, 2023thejazztome1957, Eddie Costa, LN - Unknown, Tal Farlow, Verve, Vinnie Burke

Verve – MGV-8021Rec. Date : June 5, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Tal FarlowBass : Vinnie BurkePiano : Eddie Costa Billboard : 05/13/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Dazzling jazz musicianship here. All the elements necessary for definite jazz playing – fluency, lyricism and swing – are present in large doses. Farlow, perhaps the most persuasive jazz guitarist since C. Christian, turns…

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