Prestige – PRLP 7104Rec. Date : April 27, 1957 Tenor Sax : Teo MaceroBass : Addison FarmerDrums : Jerry SegalPiano : Mal WaldronVibes : Teddy Charles Listening to Prestige : #230Stream this Album Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 72 Tenorist Macero plays with warmth and sensitivity on this program of engagingly melodic original ballad material by various contributors – T. Charles, Macero, J. Ross, M. Waldron,…
Prestige – PRLP 7097Rec. Date : April 26, 1957 Baritone Sax : Gil MelleBass : George DuvivierDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Joe Cinderella Listening to Prestige : #229Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 08/26/1957Score of 71 An emphatic modern date that sports the thoughtful, melodic compositions of baritonist Melle, some fine blowing from the leader guitarist J. Cinderella plus stellar rhythmic support from S.…
Prestige – PRLP 7069Rec. Date : circa 1956 Moondog : MoondogTap Dance : Ray Malone“and others” Listening to Prestige : #200Stream this Album AudioCharles A. Robertson : March, 1957 As an individualist in a world of conformists, Moondog is often a lonely figure as he plods the street of Manhattan. With this second collection of the unexpected ways in…
Prestige – PRLP 7065Rec. Dates : October 18, 1956, October 19, 1956 Vocals : Barbara LeaAlto Horn : Dick CaryBass : Al HallDrums : Osie JohnsonGuitar : Al CasamentiPiano : Richard Lowman, Dick CaryTrumpet : Johnny Windhurst Listening to Prestige : #190Stream this Album Billboard : 02/16/1957Score of 74 Miss Lea‘s second LP, and the first on 12-inch. Thrush, who was voted New…
Prestige – PRLP 7042Rec. Date : 1956 Moondog : MoondogJapanese drums : Sam UlanoPoetry : Sakura WhiteingVoice : Suzuko“and others” Listening to Prestige : #200Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 67 Moondog is one of Manhattan’s more startling “sights.” He writes a kind of music that is as unconventional as he is himself in appearance. His approach is…
Prestige – PRLP 7001Rec. Date : April 10, 1955 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Listening to Prestige : #142Stream this Album High Fidelity : September 1955 Billy Taylor is an unusually capable pianist who has disdained stylistic eccentricities in favor of well integrated, clearly defined performances. Probably it is this lack of a convenient…
