ABC-Paramount – ABC-135Rec. Dates : June 11, 12 & 19, 1956Steam this Album (YT only) Bass : Oscar Pettiford, Whitey MitchellAlto Sax : Gigi GryceArranger : Gigi Gryce, Lucky ThompsonBaritone Sax : Danny Bank, Dave KurtzerDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Jerome RichardsonFrench Horn : Julius Watkins, David AmramHarp : Janet PutnamPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax :…
Candid – CJM-8011 / CJS-9011Rec. Date : 11/25/1960Stream this Album Trumpet : Benny BaileyAlto Sax : Phil WoodsBass : Buddy CatlettBass Clarinet : Phil WoodsDrums : Art TaylorFlute : Les SpannFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Les SpannPiano : Tommy Flanagan Cashbox : 04/15/1961 From the sounds of this album, Benny Bailey is sorely…
Impulse! A-11Rec. Dates : November 29, 1961, December 18, 1961, December 22, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Conductor/Arranger : Quincy JonesBass : George Catlett, Milt HintonDrums : Stu Martin, Bill English, James JohnsonFrench Horn : Julius Watkins, Ray Alonge, James Buffington, Earl ChapinHarp : Gloria AgnostiniPiano : Bobby Scott, Patricia BrownSaxophone : Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson, Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Frank WessTrombone : Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Melba Liston, Rod Levitt,…
Impulse! – A-6Rec. Dates : May 23, 1961, June 7, 1961Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Tenor Sax : John ColtraneAlto Sax : Eric DolphyArranger/Orchestrator/Conductor : McCoy Tyner, Eric DolphyBaritone Sax : Pat PatrickBass : Reggie Workman, Art DavisBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Elvin JonesEuphonium : Charles Greenlee, Julian PriesterFlute : Eric DolphyFrench Horn : Jimmy Buffington, Donald Corrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius WatkinsPiano : McCoy TynerPiccolo…
Columbia – CL 998Rec. Dates : January 13, 1957, February 4 & 5, 1957, March 13, 1957 Stream 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…
Riverside – RLP 372 / 9372Rec. Dates : April 14, 1961, April 20, 1961Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy HeathDrums : Albert HeathFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsPiano : Cedar WaltonTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Philadelphia Daily NewsHarold Angel : 08/23/1961 The Heath brothers (Jimmy, Percy, Albert), comprising Philadelphia’s first family of jazz, have been reunited under Jimmy’s leadership on The Quota.…
Prestige – PRLP 7075Rec. Date : November 13, 1953, September 22, 1954, October 25, 1954 Piano : Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy Heath, Tommy PotterDrums : Willie Jones, Art Blakey, Art TaylorFrench Horn : Julius Watkins Listening to Prestige : #97, #121, #123Stream this Album Billboard : 04/06/1957Score of 76 Both of these names have more market appeal today than they did…
Prestige – PRLP 7063Rec. Dates : August 10, 1956, August 24, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelléAlto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Vinnie BurkeDrums : Ed ThigpenFlute : Hal McKusickFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsGuitar : Joe CinderellaTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don Butterfield Listening to Prestige : #183Stream this Album High Fidelity : March 1957 Gil Melle’s quartet, augmented by such visitors as Art Farmer, Hal…
Prestige – PRLP 7053Rec. Dates : November 13, 1953, May 11, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Thelonious MonkBass : Percy Heath, Curley RussellDrums : Willie Jones, Art BlakeyFrench Horn : Julius WatkinsTenor Sax : Sonny Rollins, Frank FosterTrumpet : Ray Copeland Featured LinksListening to Prestige : #97November 13, 1953Listening to Prestige : #109May 11,…
