Prestige – PRLP 7121Rec. Date : November 8, 1957 Piano/Trumpet/Vocals : Mose AllisonBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Nick Stabulas Listening to Prestige : #258Stream this Album Billboard : 02/10/1958Special Merit Jazz Album Allison is a fresh young talent. He translates the feeling of the grass roots of jazz, the “country” background of his childhood, into modern language without losing…
Prestige – PLRP 7120Rec. Dates : September 6 & 27 1957, October 10, 1957 Piano : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Lee Konitz (as Zeke Tolin)Bass : Paul ChambersBass Trombone : Bart VarsalonaBassoon : Dave KurtzerDrums : Nick Stabulas, Jo JonesFrench Horn : Willie RuffSoprano Sax : Steve LacyTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : John Carisi, Louis Mucci, Jake Koven Listening to Prestige : #253Stream this Album American Record GuideMartin Williams…
Impulse! – A-2Rec. Date : December 26, 1960, December 27, 1960Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Vocals : Ray CharlesAlto Sax : Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, George Dorsey, Earle WarrenBaritone Sax : Charlie Fowlkes, Haywood HenryBass : Eddy Jones, Joe BenjaminDrums : Sonny Payne, Roy HaynesGuitar : Freddie Green, Sam HermanOrgan : Ray CharlesTenor Sax : Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Budd Johnson, Seldon PowellTrombone : Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Al Grey, Benny Powell, Jimmy Cleveland, Keg Johnson, George MatthewsTrumpet…
RCA Victor – LPM-1366Rec. Dates : March 3, 1956, April 3, 1956, April 4, 1956, December 31, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBaritone Sax : Gene Allen, Sol SchlingerBass : Milt Hinton, Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Barry Galbraith, Jimmy RaneyTambourine : George RussellTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Bill Barber Billboard : 04/20/1957Score of 77 Still another McKusick LP, but this one…
Columbia – CL 1041Rec. Dates : May 6, 1957, May 10, 1957, May 23, 1957, May 27, 1957Stream this Album Flugelhorn : Miles DavisArranger/Conductor : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Paul ChambersBass Clarinet : Danny BankBass Trombone : Tom MitchellClarinet/Flute : Edwin Caine, Sid Cooper, Romeo PenqueDrums : Art TaylorFrench Horn : Jim Buffington, Tony Miranda, Willie RuffTrombone : Joe Bennett, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank RehakTrumpet : Johnny Carisi, Bernie Glow, Taft…
Columbia – CL 998Rec. Dates : January 13, 1957, February 4, 1957, February 5, 1957, March 13, 1957Stream this Album Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Gigi GryceBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Wade Legge, Tommy FlanaganTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Benny PowellTuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 06/24/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Unusually well-conceived program of modern…
Atlantic – 1269Rec. Dates : January 5, 1957, January 7, 1957Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Sahib ShihabBass : Oscar Pettiford, Percy HeathDrums : Connie Kay, Art BlakeyPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Lucky Thompson, Frank FosterTrombone : Jimmy ClevelandTrumpet : Joe Newman American Record GuideMartin Williamson : February, 1958 Many of the “modern” jazz musicians are…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-149Rec. Date : September 14, 1956, September 19, 1956Stream this Album Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesAlto Sax : Gene Quill, Phil WoodsBaritone Sax : Jack NimitzBass : Charlie MingusDrums : Charlie PersipFlute : Herbie Mann, Jerome RichardsonHandclaps : Father John CrawleyPiano : Hank Jones, Billy TaylorTenor Sax : Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Bunny BardachTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank RehakTrumpet : Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie…
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,…
EmArcy – MG 36077Rec. Dates : June 8, 1956, June 18, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBaritone Sax : Danny BankBass : Keter BettsCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Charles “Specs” WrightFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : Junior ManceTrombone : Bobby Byrne, Jimmy ClevelandTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrumpet : Ernie Royal Billboard : 10/06/56Score of 74 The hard-swinging alto man, while in the “land of…
