Vanguard – VRS-8514Rec. Date : March 14, 1957Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Buck ClaytonAlto Sax : Earle WarrenBass : Aaron BellDrums : Jo JonesElectric Guitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Hank JonesTrombone : Vic Dickenson Cashbox : 10/05/1957 The veteran trumpeter has assembled a first-rate ensemble for this issue, which features the jazzists in…
Prestige – PRLP 7127Rec. Date : October 18, 1957 Tenor Sax : Paul QuinichetteBass : Walter PageDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Nat PierceTrumpet : Shad Collins Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album Billboard : 03/31/1958Four stars This tribute to the Count by a group of top jazzmen will interest a lot…
Verve – MGV-8205Rec. Date : January 13, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Lester YoungBass : Gene RameyDrums : Jo JonesPiano : Teddy Wilson Additional Background Reading on Lester Young and his place in Jazz History: The Parent Style – April, 1949 Lester Young interview – February, 1959 The Jazz Panorama – April, 1959…
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 – PRLP 7120Rec. Dates : September 6 & 27 1957, October 10, 1957 Stream this Album 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 :…
Impulse! A-12Rec. Dates : November 13, 1961, November 15, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Alto Sax : Benny Carter, Phil WoodsBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Jo JonesGuitar : John CollinsPiano : Dick KatzTenor Sax : Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Rouse Billboard : 03/03/1962Four stars Trad fans should get a boot out of this fine new album featuring jazz giants such as Benny Carter (now back…
Storyville – STLP 914Rec. Date : February 8, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Bill CrowDrums : Jo JonesPiano : Hank Jones Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 78 An excellent, swinging, salable mainstream modern set, similar in content and appeal to the recent Dawn set which also featured Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer. Jo Jones, Hank Jones and Bill Crow offer big…
Columbia – CL 1002Rec. Dates : December 13, 1956, February 22, 1957 Stream this Album Percussion : Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Charles Wright, Cándido, SabúAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrest, Oscar PettifordCello : Oscar PettifordPiano : Sam Dockery, Ray BryantTrumpet : Bill Hardman Billboard : 06/24/1957Album Cover of the Week Excellent color photograph…
Vanguard – VRS-8503Rec. Dates : August 11, 1955, August 16, 1955 Stream this Album Drums : Jo JonesBass : Walter PageClarinet : Rudy PowellGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Count Basie, Nat PierceTenor Saxophone : Lucky ThompsonTrombone : Bennie Green, Lawrence BrownTrumpet : Emmett Berry Billboard : 01/14/1956Score of 78 To all who can’t understand the…
Roost – RLP 2204Rec. Dates : September 30, 1955, October 9, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Saxophone : Sonny Stitt, Anthony OrtegaArranger/Conductor : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Jo JonesFlute : Anthony OrtegaGuitar : Freddie GreenPiano : Hank JonesTenor Saxophone : Seldon PowellTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. JohnsonTrumpet : Thad…
