EmArcy – MG 36132Rec. Date : June 3, 1958Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Bob CranshawPiano : Eddie BakerTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker Little Billboard : 05/12/1958Three stars Roach sounds younger and younger with every effort. This is a great package by the master of polyrhythms with support from four…
Riverside – RLP 12-280Rec. Date : September 4, 1958Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Art DavisTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker LittleTuba : Ray Draper Cleveland Call and Post (Cleveland, OH)Bob Snead : 12/06/1958 This is the first session recorded by Max and his new quintet. Whether any of his present…
United Artists – UAL 4029Rec. Date : January 30, 1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Frank StrozierBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Charles CrosbyGuitar : Calvin NewbornPiano : Phineas Newborn, Jr.Tenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker Little, Louis Smith Billboard : 07/20/1959 Fine four-track package offers some time solo and group work on the parts of the principals. Star Eyes is an especially rewarding…
Blue Note – BLP 4195Rec. Date : March 17, 1965 Piano : Herbie HancockBass : Ron CarterDrums : Tony WilliamsTenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2021Stream this Album Billboard : 03/12/1966Four Stars ----- Billboard : 07/16/1966Why Worry, Sooner or Later Good Jazz Sells The people at Blue Note Records aren’t too concerned about how well one…
Blue Note – BLP 4011Rec. Dates : August 25, 1957, February 25, 1958 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : George Coleman, Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny BurrellTenor Sax : Tina BrooksTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 07/24/2019Stream this Album Delaware County Daily TimesBill Kagler : 02/12/1960 Sixteen years ago, a 14-year-old pianist was pulled off the bandstand…
Blue Note – BLP 4002Rec. Dates : August 25, 1957, February 25, 1958 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : George Coleman, Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny BurrellTenor Sax : Tina BrooksTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : June 28, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 03/07/1959 The title suggests informality, and that is just the atmosphere crated by organist Jimmy…
Blue Note – BLP 1575Rec. Date : August 25, 1957 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : George ColemanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Ray BryantTenor Sax : George ColemanTrombone : Curtis Fuller Strictlyheadies : 04/10/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1958Two stars Lee Morgan, the 19-year-old trumpeter who has received much acclaim for his work with the Dizzy Gillespie crew, displays his flashy, hard…
