Savoy – MG 12063Rec. Date : January 19, 1956Stream this Album Trumpet : Joe WilderBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 06/02/1956Score of 80 Trumpeter Wilder, on the basis of this program, should become a much bigger jazz name. He gets a gorgeous, full tone and plays like a warmer, tastier edition of Charlie Shavers. Also,…
Roost – RLP 2208Rec. Dates : December 15, 1955, December 16, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Saxophone : Sonny StittBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 05/05/1956Score of 79 The heir-apparent to the “top alto sax man” crown of the late and great Charlie Parker is generally conceded to be Sonny Stitt, who gives a…
Roost – RLP 2204Rec. Dates : September 30, 1955, October 9, 1955Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Saxophone : Sonny Stitt, Anthony OrtegaArranger/Conductor : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesFlute : Anthony OrtegaGuitar : Freddie GreenePiano : Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Seldon PowellTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal Billboard : 02/25/1956Score of 77 Besides Stitt on alto sax,…
RCA Victor – LPM-1162Rec. Dates : June 24, 1955, June 25, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Bill PerkinsBass : John BealDrums : Chuck FloresGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 02/56/1956Score of 77 This album must have been conceived as a hopeful experiment: Three tenor saxophones are pitted against rhythm section. Such an arrangement…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-129Rec. Dates : July 23, 1956, August 1, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Jimmy RaneyValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Dick Katz, Hank Jones Billboard : 11/03/1956Score of 78 In this LP, guitarist Raney is framed by B. Brookmeyer on valve trombone and three rhythm. The guitar-trombone combination is unusual and makes for some provocative sounds. The…
Savoy – MG 12017Rec. Dates : June 28, 1955, July 14, 1955Stream this Album Drums : Kenny ClarkeAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Paul ChambersCornet : Nat AdderleyFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Horace Silver, Hank JonesTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 12/03/1955Score of 76 Some of the freshest, most imaginative jazz sounds around have been etched into this fine…
Riverside – RLP 12-239Rec. Dates : May 21, 1957, May 27, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Max RoachHarp : Betty GlamannPiano : Hank JonesTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Billboard : 10/14/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Package sells itself on the collective and individual excellent of all participants. Ballads are notable for the usage of harp, which…
Riverside – RLP 12-233Rec. Dates : March 12, 1957, March 15, 1957Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Coleman HawkinsBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Barry GalbraithPiano : Hank JonesTrombone : J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Idrees Sulieman Billboard : 07/29/1957Special Merit Jazz Album An excellent example of “new” Coleman Hawkins featuring inspired blowing by the Hawk and fine support from such salable names as J.J.…
Prestige – PRLP 7045Rec. Dates : March 2, 1956, June 8, 1956 Vocals : Earl ColemanAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBass : Oscar Pettiford, Wendell MarshallDrums : Shadow Wilson, Wilbert HoganPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #164, #174Album is Not Streamable Cashbox : 10/13/1956 Earl Coleman is a vocalist, who, in the late 1940’s, created a stir, but was sidelined because of…
Blue Note – BLP 1595Rec. Date : March 9, 1958 Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Hank JonesTrumpet : Miles Davis Strictlyheadies : 05/15/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson An adjective “best” or “most” to quality a jazz album in connection with a time period of a year or so now is…
