Blue Note – BLP 1518Rec. Dates : November 13, 1954, February 6, 1955 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art BlakeyTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/26/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/06/1956Score of 77 Two earlier Blue Note 10-inchers are combined. Half were originally grouped under the Silver Quintet, which, on the next group of sessions become…
Blue Note – BLP 1508Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/16/2019Stream this Album Cash Box : 07/07/1956 This is the second volume in the well-received first set of the “Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia.” The value of the on-the-spot recording can…
Blue Note – BLP 1507Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/15/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956 This is one of several sessions cut by this outstanding new jazz group on location at the Café Bohemia. The Messengers have since signed with Columbia. Blakey and Dorham are…
Blue Note – BLP 1506Rec. Dates : June 22, 1953, September 24, 1954, June 6, 1955 Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBaritone Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy Heath, Charles Mingus, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Wynton Kelly, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy Heath, Hank MobleyTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/14/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 81 Re-issue of Blue Note BLP 5070, Volume 3 of…
Blue Note – BLP 1502Rec. Dates : May 9, 1952, April 20, 1953, March 6, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art BlakeyPiano : Gil Coggins, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 01/10/2019Stream this Album Liner Notes by Leonard Feather At the end of 1955 Miles Davis received an unexpected Christmas gift.…
