Blue Note – BLP 4176Rec. Date : June 2, 1964Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Dexter GordonBass : Niels-Henning Ørsted PedersenDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Kenny DrewTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 09/25/1965Three Stars —– Cashbox : 09/25/1965Jazz Best Bet Three blues numbers make up the delectable fare on this outing with Dexter Gordon featured at tenor sax with four other…
EmArcy – MG 36102Rec. Date : August 11, 1954Album is Not Streamable Trumpet : Clifford BrownAlto Sax : Herb Geller, Joe MainiBass : Curtis CounceDrums : Max RoachPiano : Kenny DrewTenor Sax : Walter Benton Billboard : 05/06/1957Score of 75 Package should move with dealers who cater to modern jazz clientele, for Brown‘s recent death has created demand for his recorded efforts. Set…
Bethlehem – BCP-36Rec. Date : September 18, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Dexter GordonBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Lawrence MarablePiano : Kenny Drew Billboard : 11/24/1956Score of 78 Gordon plays some top-flight, Lester Young-inspired tenor here, with a more robust sound than that of the master or most of his other disciples. It’s not too original, but it swings,…
Riverside – RLP 12-236Rec. Dates : March 28, 1957, April 3, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Piano : Kenny DrewBass : Wilbur WareDrums : G.T. HoganTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Donald Byrd Billboard : 09/30/1957Score of 76 Straight ahead modern blowing by Drew, D. Byrd, H. Mobley, etc., that is impressive for its vitality and lava-hot flow. Pianist Drew plays inventively and with…
Riverside – RLP 12-224Rec. Date : September 20, 1956, September 26, 1956Stream this Album Piano : Kenny DrewBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe Jones Billboard : 03/02/1957Score of 73 Pianist Kenny Drew is one of the brighter lights in the circle of the up-and-coming modernists. This LP, like most of the others he has released so far, is highly…
Riverside – RLP 12-222Rec. Date : August 23, 1956, August 30, 1956Stream this Album Alto Sax : Ernie HenryBass : Wilbur WareDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Kenny DrewTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Billboard : 01/12/1957Score of 72 The first full showcasing of this young alto sax man is quite impressive. Henry is still another Bird Parker follower, but he’s more resourceful than most…
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…
Prestige – PRLP 7029Rec. Dates : January 17, 1951, December 17, 1951, October 7, 1953 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : Percy HeathDrums : Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Miles Davis, Kenny Drew, John LewisVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #39, #55, #94Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler Sonny Rollins is rapidly becoming one of the important reed voices of the modern…
Blue Note – BLP 1577Rec. Date : September 15, 1957 Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Kenny DrewTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 04/15/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/27/1958Special Merit Jazz Album A provocative item in the hard, modern idiom, most notable for tenorist Coltrane‘s arresting solo continuity. Obviously moved by vibrant, creative…
