Gene Ammons – The Big Sound (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7132Rec. Date : January 3, 1958 Tenor Sax : Gene Ammons, Paul QuinichetteAlto Sax : John ColtraneArranger : Mal WaldronBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Art TaylorFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Mal Waldron Listening to Prestige : #262Stream this Album   Billboard : 04/28/1958Three stars The “Big Sound” it certainly

Red Garland Quintet – All Mornin’ Long (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7130Rec. Date : November 15, 1957 Piano : Red GarlandBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Art TaylorTenor Sax : John ColtraneTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #259Stream this Album   Billboard : 04/07/1958Three stars Red Garland gets a chance on this new disk to lead a small combo, instead of the trios

Young Men from Memphis – Down Home Reunion (1959)

United Artists – UAL 4029Rec. Date : January 30, 1959Stream this Album Alto Sax : Frank StrozierBass : Jamil NasserDrums : Charles CrosbyGuitar : Calvin NewbornPiano : Phineas Newborn, Jr.Tenor Sax : George ColemanTrumpet : Booker Little, Louis Smith   Billboard : 07/20/1959 Fine four-track package offers some time solo and group work on the parts of the principals. Star Eyes is an especially rewarding