ABC-Paramount – ABC-129Rec. Dates : July 23, 1956, August 1, 1956Stream this Album Guitar : Jimmy RaneyValve Trombone : Bob BrookmeyerBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Osie JohnsonPiano : Dick Katz, Hank Jones Billboard : 11/03/1956Score of 78 In this LP, guitarist Raney is framed by B. Brookmeyer on valve trombone and three rhythm. The guitar-trombone combination is unusual and makes for some provocative sounds. The…
Pacific – PJ-1201Rec. Dates : November 12, 1954, December 14, 1954Album is Not Streamable Baritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Red MitchellDrums : Chico Hamilton, Larry BunkerPiano : Gerry Mulligan, Bob BrookmeyerTenor Sax : Zoot SimsTrumpet : Jon EardleyValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 05/07/1955Score of 81 In December, 1954, Mulligan temporarily disbanded his quartet. Two of the last concerts before doing so…
Atlantic – 1223Rec. Date : May 11, 1955, May 12, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Jack MontroseBaritone Sax : Bob GordonBass : Red MitchellDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Paul Moer Billboard : 11/26/1955Spotlight on… selection It takes an album like this to indicate the full extent of the loss to modern jazz in the recent death of Bob Gordon at 28.…
Impulse! – A-35Rec. Date : January 20, 1963Stream this Album Bass, Piano : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Charlie MarianoBaritone Sax : Jerome RichardsonDrums : Dannie RichmondFlute : Jerome Richardson, Dick HaferGuitar : Jay BerlinerPiano : Jaki ByardSoprano Sax : Jerome RichardsonTenor Sax : Dick HaferTrombone : Quentin JacksonTrumpet : Rolf Ericson, Richard WilliamsTuba : Don Butterfield Billboard : 07/27/1963Special Merit Pick The prolific Mingus is back with another…
Prestige – PRLP 7100Rec. Dates : April 19, 1957, April 24, 1957, April 26, 1957, May 1, 1957 Vocals : Barbara LeaArranger : Dick Cary Listening to Prestige : #226, #228, #231Stream this Album Billboard : 07/22/1957Score of 70 Although there are few jazz elements in this thrush’s style, jazz backing, the label and some cult attraction determine the specialty…
Prestige – PRLP 7051Rec. Date : September 07, 1954 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayCongas : CándidoDrums : Percy Brice Listening to Prestige : #120Stream this Album Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 79 A re-issue of all the material on Prestige 10-inch LP 188 plus two previously unrecorded selections: A boppish Taylor original Declivity with some nice work by Cándido on conga…
Prestige – PRLP 7040Rec. Dates : April 20, 1956, June 1, 1956 Baritone Sax : Gil MelleBass : Billy PhillipsDrums : Edmund ThigpenGuitar : Joe Cinderella Listening to Prestige : #173Stream this Album Billboard : 09/15/1956Score of 75 “Primitive modern” is a rather misleading way to characterize baritone saxophonist Gil Melle‘s kind of music. Modern, yes; but primitive, no. In the…
Blue Note – BLP 1519Rec. Date : August 1, 1955, August 7, 1955, April 19, 1956 Piano : Herbie NicholsBass : Al McKibbon, Teddy KotickDrums : Max Roach Strictlyheadies : 01/27/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 10/20/1956Score of 76 In jazz avant-garde circles Herbie Nichols has been touted for some time as one of “the” pianists to watch. His richly chorded style, with…
