Prestige – PRLP 7102Rec. Date : January 25, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Al CohnTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 76 An unusually rewarding jam session package that lives up to its title. Functional, pithy lines written by H. McKusick, M. Waldron and K. Burrell prove most…
RCA Victor – LPM-1372Rec. Dates : March 31, 1956, October 17, 1956, October 21, 1956Stream this Album Arranger : George RussellAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Milt Hinton, Teddy KotickFlute : Hal McKusickGuitar : Barry GalbraithPercussion : Joe Harris, Paul Motian, George Russell, Osie JohnsonPiano : Bill EvansTrumpet : Art Farmer AudioEdward Tatnall Canby : October, 1957 Well, darn it, they will keep sending me…
RCA Victor – LPM-1366Rec. Dates : March 3, 1956, April 3, 1956, April 4, 1956, December 31, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBaritone Sax : Gene Allen, Sol SchlingerBass : Milt Hinton, Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyTambourine : George RussellTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Bill Barber Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 77 Still another McKusick LP, but this one…
Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Edmond ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Don…
