RCA Victor – LPM-1451Rec. Dates : December 24 & 26, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jack MontroseVibes : Red NorvoAlto Sax : Joe MainiBass : Buddy Clark, Max BennettDrums : Bill Dolney, Shelly ManneGuitar : Jim Hall Cashbox : 07/20/1957 The highlight of the first Victor effort for composer-artist (tenor sax) Montrose is…
Atlantic – 1250Rec. Dates : August 24, September 7 & 14, 1956 Album is Not Streamable Arranger/Conductor : Thomas TalbertAlto Sax : Herb Geller, Joe SoldoBass : Oscar PettifordBass Clarinet : Danny BankBassoon : Harold GoltzerClarinet : Aaron Sachs, Danny BankDrums : Osie JohnsonFlute : Joe SoldoFrench Horn : Jimmy BuffingtonGuitar : Barry GalbraithPiano :…
Jazz Workshop – JWS 005Rec. Date : April 4, 1964Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Eric DolphyBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Dannie RichmondFlute : Eric DolphyTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrumpet : Johnny ColesPiano : Jaki Byard San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)Ralph J. Gleason : 11/06/1966Jazz Artist vs. Huge Obstacles…
Columbia – CL 1307Rec. Dates : December 17 & 23, 1958, January 15, 1959Stream this Album Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Bill CrowDrums : Dave BaileyTrumpet : Art Farmer Accompanying Longread: New Yorker Profile of Gerry Mulligan, March 1959 (21,000 words) Cashbox : 04/18/1959 Mulligan’s ubiquitous baritone sax is once again an LP…
Atlantic – 1273Rec. Date : February 15, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Lee KonitzBass : Peter IndDrums : Dick ScottGuitar : Billy BauerTrumpet : Don Ferrara Cashbox : 06/28/1958 The disk features alto saxist Konitz in a quartet setting on eight sessions culled from an appearance at Pittsburgh’s Midway Lounge. Konitz’s appearances here…
Savoy – MG 15050Rec. Date : October 31, 1954 Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : John LaPortaBaritone Sax : Teo Macero, George BarrowClarinet : John LaPortaDrums : Rudy NicholsPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Teo Macero, George Barrow MetronomeBill Coss : April, 1955LP Rating: B+ This LP, the best Mingus has…
Impulse! – A-77Rec. Date : December 9, 1964Stream this Album Tenor Sax : John ColtraneBass : Jimmy GarrisonDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : McCoy Tyner Billboard : 02/27/1965 To the world outside (and within, we expect) the jazz artist is not one who closely identifies with God. Coltrane is one who now does, and has…
Contemporary – M3612Rec. Dates : March 25 & 26, 1963Stream this Album Alto Sax : Jimmy WoodsBass : George TuckerDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Andrew HillTenor Sax : Harold LandTrumpet : Carmell Jones Cashbox : 10/12/1963 For jazzophiles who like their music modern and hot this new Contemporary set featuring the Jimmy Woods Sextet reading six far-out originals is an extremely good…
RCA Victor – LSP / LPM 2569Rec. Dates : November 5, 10, 12, 14, 25, 1963 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Gene Cherico, Gene WrightDrums : Connie KayGuitar : Jim Hall Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 12/07/1963 Desmond, long the key soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is…
Impulse! A-16Rec. Dates : February 15-26-27, 1962Stream this Album Drums : Max RoachBass : Art DavisConductor : Coleridge PerkinsonPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrombone : Julian PriesterTrumpet : Richard WilliamsVocals : Abbey Lincoln16-member chorus Billboard : 08/18/1962Four Stars Angry jazz with a civil rights message is carved out here by Max Roach with chorus and ork, with all of the music composed by…
