Count Basie – And the Kansas City 7 (1962)

Impulse! A-15Rec. Dates : March 21-22, 1962Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Piano/Organ : Count BasieBass : Ed JonesDrums : Sonny PayneFlute : Frank Wess, Eric DixonGuitar : Freddie GreenTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Eric DixonTrumpet : Thad Jones Billboard : 08/11/1962Spotlight Album Here’s one for Basie buffs. The Count’s inimitable piano, so often lost to the general listener in the shouting big band sound,

Quincy Jones and his Orchestra – The Quintessence (1962)

Impulse! A-11Rec. Dates : November 29, 1961, December 18, 1961, December 22, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesBass : George Catlett, Milt HintonDrums : Stu Martin, Bill English, James JohnsonFrench Horn : Julius Watkins, Ray Alonge, James Buffington, Earl ChapinHarp : Gloria AgnostiniPiano : Bobby Scott, Patricia BrownSaxophone : Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Frank WessTrombone : Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston, Rodney Levitt, Curtis Fuller, Thomas MitchellTrumpet : Jerome Kail, Joe

Bennie Green – Walking Down (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7049Rec. Date : June 29, 1956 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : Sonny WellesleyDrums : Bill EnglishPiano : Lloyd MayersTenor Sax : Eric Dixon Listening to Prestige : #176Stream this Album Miami HeraldUnknown : 01/06/1957 If you go for the trombone in a big way, here are two albums worth a listen. One is Walkin’ Down, quintet music from Bennie