Blue Note – BLP 4035Rec. Dates : December 16 & 19, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 09/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/20/1961Three stars Pearson has appeared with the Donald Byrd group and the Golson-Farmer Jazzier in earlier dales and here he offers the second LP under his…
Blue Note – BLP 4026Rec. Date : October 4, 1959 Pocket Trumpet : Donald ByrdAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Lex HumphriesPiano : Duke Pearson Strictlyheadies : 09/01/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 07/25/1960 This Is a package of original material by Byrd – six numbers, several of them blues or blues-based. Byrd’s…
Blue Note – BLP 4022Rec. Date : October 25, 1959 Piano : Duke PearsonBass : Gene TaylorDrums : Lex Humphries Strictlyheadies : 08/22/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 03/28/1960 Duke Pearson is a young pianist from Atlanta who bas been performing in New York for the past six months or so. He is a lyrical pianist with a style that…
Vee-Jay – LP 3012Rec. Date : May 12, 1960Stream this Album Bass : Paul ChambersDrums : Lex HumphriesFlute : Yusef LateefPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Yusef LateefTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Tommy Turrentine Cashbox : 10/01/1960 Emphasis here is on the solid rock bass playing of Chambers. His big buttery sound has been recorded well. But don’t neglect the excellent playing…
Riverside – RLP 325 / 1176Rec. Date : May 9, 1960Stream this Album Tenor Sax, Oboe, Flute : Yusef LateefBass : Herman WrightCeleste : Hugh LawsonCello : Ron CarterDrums : Lex HumphriesPiano : Hugh Lawson Miami HeraldFred Sherman : 01/22/1961 The big talent of Yusef Lateef is spotlighted in Riverside’s Three Faces, titled that way because the album salutes his work on tenor,…
