Prestige – PRLP 7059Rec. Dates : December 22, 1952, June 16, 1954 Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Horace SilverTrumpet : Henry Boozier Listening to Prestige : #74, #113Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Album Cover of the Week Sometimes the simplest design is the most fetching, and this is an example of that principle. The repeated…
Prestige – PRLP 7054Rec. Dates : May 19, 1953, March 15, 1954, April 3, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Dave SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #86May 19, 1953Listening to Prestige : #106March…
Prestige – PRLP 7031 Rec. Dates : July 2, 1953, June 7, 1954 Stream this Album Trumpet : Art Farmer Alto Sax : Oscar Estell Arranger : Quincy Jones, Gigi Gryce Baritone Sax : Oscar Estell, Danny Bank Bass : Monk Montgomery, Percy Heath Drums : Sonny Johnson, Kenny Clarke Piano : Quincy Jones, Horace…
Prestige – PRLP 7003Rec. Date : May 20, 1955 Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonBass : Percy HeathDrums : Connie KayPiano : Horace Silver High FidelitySeptember 1955 The Milt Jackson Quartet is the Modern Jazz Quartet without John Lewis. The omission is somewhat monumental and although Lewis’ replacement, Horace Silver, plays an amusing style…
Blue Note – BLP 1589Rec. Date : January 13, 1958 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Louis HayesTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrumpet : Art Farmer Strictlyheadies : 05/08/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/19/1958Two stars This new set featuring Horace Silver, one of the best of the hard-bop school of swinging pianists, is an attempt to fit Silver’s driving style into…
Blue Note – BLP 1562Rec. Date : May 8, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Horace SilverBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Louis HayesTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 78 Hard modern swinging is the prescription here. The straightforward yet emotionally penetrating Silver compositions, plus top drawer performances from Art…
Blue Note – BLP 1558Rec. Date : April 14, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTrombone : J.J. Johnson Billboard : 10/28/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Rollins’ second Blue Note LP is another essential volume for the modernist collector trade. Supporting names to…
Blue Note – BLP 1550Rec. Date : March 8, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 08/26/1957Score of 73 Mobley’s unit, in tradition of Jazz Messengers, generates a good deal of excitement. Material is in staccato, boppish vein, has…
Blue Note – BLP 1549Rec. Date : March 3, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Clifford Jordan, John GilmoreBass : Curley RussellDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace Silver Billboard : 07/15/1957New Jazz Talent An impressive debut by Chicago tenorists Jordan and Gilmore, who, in the tradition of Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, etc., play with…
Blue Note – BLP 1544Rec. Date : January 13, 1957 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverVibes : Milt Jackson Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 76 An oft-times compelling, rhythmic program that derives its distinction from solos by the facile Milt Jackson, H. Silver and Mobley,…
