Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Flies High (1957)

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

Miles Davis All-Stars – Walkin’ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7076Rec. Dates : April 3, 1954, April 29, 1954 Trumpet : Miles DavisAlto Sax : Davey SchildkrautBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : J.J. Johnson Listening to Prestige : #107Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Jazz Special Merit Album Walkin’, the elongated blues, has been Davis’ best-known disk performance in the last few years,

Prestige LP 7030

Kai and Jay / Bennie Green – With Strings (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7030Rec. Dates : May 13, 1952, December 3, 1954 Stream this Album Trombone : Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson, Kai WindingBass : Tommy Potter, Peck MorrisonDrums : Osie Johnson, Al HarewoodPiano : John Malachi, Dick Katz Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #63May 13, 1952Listening to Prestige : #127December 3, 1954 Billboard : 07/28/1956Score

Prestige LP 7024

Sonny Stitt – Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7024Rec. Dates : October 17, 1949, December 11, 1949, January 26, 1950 Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Sonny StittBass : Nelson Boyd, Curley RussellDrums : Max RoachPiano : John Lewis, Bud PowellTrombone : J.J. Johnson Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #8Listening to Prestige : #17Dec 11, 1949Listening to Prestige : #20January

Prestige LP 7023

J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding / Bennie Green – Trombone By Three (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7023Rec. Dates : May 26, 1949, August 23, 1949, October 5, 1951 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie GreenBaritone Sax : Gerry Mulligan, Rudy WilliamsBass : Leonard Gaskin, Curley Russell, Tommy PotterDrums : Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art BlakeyPiano : John Lewis, George Wallington, Teddy BrannonTenor Sax :

Various Artists – Conception (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums

Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins, Volume Two (1957)

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

Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1535Rec. Dates : January 30, 1955, March 29, 1955 Trumpet : Kenny DorhamBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Percy Heath, Oscar PettifordCongas : Carlos ValdésCowbell : Richie GoldbergDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrombone : J.J. Johnson Strictlyheadies : 02/12/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/20/1957Score of 73 Title is only half true, for one side of this collection

Jay Jay Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1506Rec. Dates : June 22, 1953, September 24, 1954, June 6, 1955 Stream this Album 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 Billboard :

Jay Jay Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume One (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1505Rec. Dates : June 22, 1953, September 24, 1954 Stream this Album Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBaritone Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy Heath, Charles MingusCongas : Sabú MartinezDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrumpet : Clifford Brown Liner Notes by Leonard Feather It was not