Blue Note – BLP 4029Rec. Date : March 6, 1960 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 09/05/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/25/1960 The drum giant’s present group can be compared very favorably with the days when Horace Silver was in it. Lee…
Blue Note – BLP 4016Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/07/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 02/16/1961Don DeMichael : 3.5 starsThis review compares JCotWv2 to Paris Concert (Epic 16009) These two albums cry for comparison and contrast. Both were recorded live; both exude…
Blue Note – BLP 4015Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/04/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 01/07/1960John S. Wilson : 2 stars The Jazz Messengers hit a high point in their next to last edition, which consisted of Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie…
Blue Note – BLP 4003Rec. Date : October 30, 1958 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : July 2, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1959Four Stars There’s a flock of fine, virile blowing on these sides by the Messengers. Particularly the trumpet work of Lee Morgan is clean, crisp and pure. B.…
Impulse! A-13Rec. Dates : November 15-16-17, 1961Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerBass : Jymie MerrittDrums : Jimmy Cobb, G.T. HoganPiano : Cedar WaltonTenor Sax : Jimmy HeathTrumpet : Freddie Hubbard Billboard : 03/03/1962Four Stars Curtis Fuller, supported by Jimmy Heath, and Freddie Hubbard, turns in some pleasant solo work on this listenable jazz set. Fuller has had stronger albums, but this…
Impulse – A-7Rec. Date : June 13, 1961, June 14, 1961Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee MorganPiano : Bobby Timmons Cashbox : 10/07/1961 The pile-driving Blakey rhythms propel the Messengers to fiery heights in the group’s Impulse date here. Though familiar enough to jazz audiences, Blakey still…
