Wilbur Ware – The Chicago Sound (1958)

Riverside – RLP 12-252Rec. Dates : October 16 & November 18, 1957 Stream this Album Bass : Wilbur WareAlto Sax : John JenkinsDrums : Wilbur Campbell, Frankie DunlopPiano : Junior ManceTenor Sax : Johnny Griffin American Record GuideMartin Williams : 06/1958 Since the early forties, when Jimmy Blanton announced a new approach to the instrument,

Nat Adderley – To The Ivy League From Nat (1957)

EmArcy – MG 36100Rec. Dates : July 12 & 13, 1956Stream this Album Cornet : Nat AdderleyAlto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyBass : Al McKibbon, Sam JonesCello : Sam JonesDrums : Specs WrightPiano : Junior Mance   Madison Capital Times (Madison, WI)John Francis : 04/26/1957 To the Ivy League from Nat is the name of a new

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers – Hard Drive (1957)

Bethlehem – BCP-6023Rec. Date : October 9 & 11, 1957Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Spanky DeBrestPiano : Sam Dockery, Junior ManceTenor Sax : Johnny GriffinTrumpet : Bill Hardman   Billboard : 12/23/1957Special Merit Jazz Album One of the best Messenger sets to hit the market in quite some time. Material treated is

Sonny Stitt – Stitt’s Bits (1958)

Prestige – PRLP 7133Rec. Dates : February 17, June 28, October 8, & December 15, 1950 Tenor Sax : Sonny StittBaritone Sax : Gene AmmonsBass : Tommy Potter, Eugene WrightDrums : Art Blakey, Wesley LandersPiano : Kenny Drew, Junior ManceTrombone : Matthew GeeTrumpet : Bill MasseyVocals : Larry Townsend Listening to Prestige : #36Stream this Album (YT

Cannonball Adderley – In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)

EmArcy – MG 36077Rec. Dates : June 8, 1956, June 18, 1956 Stream 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

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Sonny Stitt – Kaleidoscope (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7077Rec. Dates : February 17, 1950, December 15, 1950, February 1, 1951, February 25, 1952 Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax : Sonny StittBass : Tommy Potter, Gene Wright, Ernie ShephardCongas : Humberto MoralesDrums : Art Blakey, Teddy Stewart, Shadow WilsonPiano : Kenny Drew, Junior Mance, Charlie Bateman, John HoustonTrumpet : John Hunt, Bill Massey, Joe Newman Listening to Prestige : #18, #37, #41, #52Stream this Album Billboard : 05/27/1957Score of

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Gene Ammons – All-Star Sessions (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7050Rec. Dates : March 5, 1950, October 28, 1950, January 31, 1951, June 15, 1955 Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gene Ammons, Sonny StittTenor Sax : Gene Ammons, Sonny StittAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonBass : Tommy Potter, Gene Wright, Addison FarmerDrums : Jo Jones, Wes Landers, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkeTrombone :