Gene Ammons – Funky (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7083Rec. Date : January 11, 1957 Tenor Sax : Gene AmmonsAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Art Farmer Listening to Prestige : #203Stream this Album Billboard : 05/27/1957Score of 70 Primarily a ‘down-home,’ bluesy collection that could interest both the jazz buyer and periphery jazz-rhythm and blues clientele.

Prestige All-Stars – All Day Long (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7081Rec. Date : January 4, 1957 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorFlute, Tenor Sax : Frank FosterGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Tommy FlanaganTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #202Stream this Album Billboard : 04/29/1957Score of 74 Follow-up to recent Prestige release in the same vein, All Night Long (7073). Title tune, a medium-tempoed blues, takes up one full

Prestige All-Stars – All Night Long (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7073Rec. Date : December 28, 1956 Bass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Art TaylorFlute, Tenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Listening to Prestige : #199Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 03/30/1957Score of 71 Line-up consists entirely of stars of the new generation, and value of this set will have

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume Two (1961)

Blue Note – BLP 1597Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/17/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 11/18/1961 This second deck, like the first, is a compilation of some jam sessions indulged in by several Blue Note regulars with guitarist Burrell at

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights, Volume One (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1596Rec. Date : May 14, 1958 Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Sam JonesDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons, Duke JordanTenor Sax : Tina Brooks, Junior CookTrumpet : Louis Smith Strictlyheadies : 05/16/2019Stream this Album Audio : December, 1958Charles A. Robertson As the nominal leader on this informal session, Kenny Burrell lives up to the designation, taking full charge and setting the

John Jenkins / Kenny Burrell – John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1573Rec. Date : August 11, 1957 Alto Sax : John JenkinsGuitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Sonny Clark Strictlyheadies : 04/08/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 02/17/1958Three stars Aided by flowing, consistently provocative rhythmic support and a most compatible, invigorating front-line compatriot in guitarist K. Burrell, Parker-influenced altoist Jenkins shows more promise than on previous records. It

Paul Chambers – Bass On Top (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1569Rec. Date : July 14, 1957 Bass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Hank Jones Strictlyheadies : 04/03/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/28/1957Special Merit Jazz Album A showcase for Paul Chambers, one of the most talented young bassists in jazz. Chambers utilizes it to good advantage, and has superlative support in the persons

Jimmy Smith – At The Organ, Volume Two (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1552Rec. Dates : February 12, 1957, February 13, 1957 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny Burrell Strictlyheadies : 03/03/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 08/11/1958Score of 3 stars Jimmy Smith can do some incredible things on organ and on this new Blue Note set, his eighth for the label,

Jimmy Smith – At The Organ, Volume One (1958)

Blue Note – BLP 1551Rec. Date : February 12, 1957 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonDrums : Art BlakeyGuitar : Kenny Burrell Strictlyheadies : 03/03/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 02/17/1958Score of 3 stars In a program of two standards and two originals investigated at length, organist Smith reiterates his ability to make the organ a functional, jazz instrument. Possessed of

Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1543Rec. Date : March 12, 1956, May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Guitar – Kenny BurrellBass : Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Sam JonesCongas : CándidoDrums : Shadow Wilson, Kenny Clarke, Arthur EdgehillPiano : Tommy Flanagan, Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Frank Foster, J.R. MonteroseTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 02/20/2019Album is Not Streamable Audio : July, 1957Charles A. Robertson The second collection featuring Kenny Burrell is a most