Riverside – RLP 12-250Rec. Date : October 2, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Piano : Freddie ReddBass : George TuckerDrums : Al Dreares Billboard : 02/24/1958 Pianist Redd, long unheralded, shows indications of becoming a significant player and composer. His San Francisco Suite is a well designed, piece of impressionism; his playing, both on standard and original…
Blue Note – BLP 4039Rec. Date : June 18, 1960 Tenor Sax : Stanley TurrentineBass : George TuckerDrums : Al HarewoodPiano : Horace Parlan Strictlyheadies : 09/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 10/22/1960 Stanley Turrentine is heard with a crew that includes Horace Parlan, George Tucker and Al Harewood. It is basically a Turrentine and Parlan…
Blue Note – BLP 4037Rec. Date : April 20, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : George TuckerDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/24/2019Stream this Album HiFi / Stereo ReviewPeter J. Welding : August, 1961 Interest: DerivativePerformance: PolishedRecording: Excellent Here Horace Parlan strings together a series of acknowledgements of the several men who have influenced his…
Contemporary – M3612Rec. Dates : March 25 & 26, 1963Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jimmy WoodsBass : George TuckerDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Andrew HillTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Carmell Jones Cashbox : 10/12/1963 For jazzophiles who like their music modern and hot this new Contemporary set featuring the Jimmy Woods Sextet reading six far-out originals is an extremely good…
Blue Note – BLP 4010Rec. Date : January 25, 1959 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : George TuckerDrums : Al DrearesTenor Sax : Eddy WilliamsPiano : Gildo Mahones Strictlyheadies : 07/23/2019Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 06/14/1959 Walkin’ and Talkin’ shows Bennie Green as a solider, more imaginative trombonist than I remembered him and, in addition displays an astonishingly competent new (to…
New Jazz – NJLP 8236Rec. Date : April 1, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Flute : Eric DolphyBass : George TuckerDrums : Roy HaynesPiano : Jaki ByardTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard American Record GuideJoe Goldberg : December, 1960 Dolphy has been described as being midway between John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, which is something that can be accepted as long as it is…
Blue Note – BLP 1587Rec. Date : March 23, 1958 Trombone : Bennie GreenBass : George TuckerDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Joe KnightTenor Sax : Charlie Rouse Strictlyheadies : 05/05/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 06/30/1958Three stars A very tasty set that features several good tracks. The arrangements are inventive, and Green’s trombone sound is nicely showcased with excellent support from this…
Blue Note – BLP 1583Rec. Date : December 1, 1957 Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : George TuckerDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Sonny ClarkTrumpet : Art Farmer Strictlyheadies : 05/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/16/1961 Curtis Fuller is one of the most promising of the younger jazz trombonists. He has style and soul. He is also a writer, and much of the material…
Blue Note – BLP 1582Rec. Date : November 10, 1957 Tenor Sax : Clifford JordanBass : George TuckerDrums : Louis HayesPiano : Sonny ClarkTrumpet : Art Farmer Strictlyheadies : 04/29/2019Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : September, 1958 In its gift of saxophonists to jazz, Chicago’s DuSable High may soon acquire the fame Austin High School boasted in another day. Among Cliff…
