Atlantic – 1275Rec. Date : September 4 & 5, 1956Stream this Album Piano : George WallingtonBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Nick Stabulas Billboard : 03/24/1958 Attractive modern readings here by pianist George Wallington and his trio of show tune standards and a group of jazz classics, penned by Wallington himself. Show tunes include It’s All…
ABC-Paramount – ABC-141Rec. Date : July 18, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Trumpet : Ruby BraffBass : Al LucasDrums : Buzzy DrootinGuitar : Sam HermanPiano : Dave McKenna Cashbox : 01/26/1957 The Ruby Braff trumpet has taken part in a healthy amount of disk sessions and this release from ABC-Paramount has Braff’s expressive jazz artistry…
EmArcy – MG 36043Rec. Dates : July 21 & 29, August 5, 1955 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Cannonball AdderleyArranger : Quincy JonesBaritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Paul ChambersCornet : Nat AdderleyDrums : Kenny Clarke, Max RoachFlute : Jerome RichardsonPiano : John WilliamsTenor Sax : Jerome RichardsonTrombone : Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson Billboard…
Contemporary – M3602 / S7602Rec. Dates : October 24 & 25, 1960Stream this Album Alto Sax : Art PepperBass : Jimmy BondDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Pete JollyTrumpet : Jack Sheldon Billboard : 04/21/1962 Some fine blowing by alto saxist Pepper on this album. The West Coast veteran of modern jazz punches away in…
HiFi Jazz – J612 (1960)Contemporary – S7619 (1969)Rec. Date : August, 1959Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Harold LandBass : Herbie LewisDrums : Frank ButlerPiano : Elmo HopeTrumpet : Dupree Bolton The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)Les Zacheis : 01/11/1970 A fine high-riding LP of contemporary combo jazz by some stellar West Coast musicians that was recorded…
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 4030Rec. Date : January 4, 1960 Organ : Jimmy SmithDrums : Donald BaileyGuitar : Quentin Warren Strictlyheadies : 09/06/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 09/03/1960 One of the few organists who can really swing the thing, Smith guides his instrument over the rippling waves of A Night in Tunisia, Mack the Knife, Makin’ Whoopee and What’s New,…
Blue Note – BLP 4028Rec. Date : February 29, 1960 Piano : Horace ParlanBass : Sam JonesDrums : Al Harewood Strictlyheadies : 09/03/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/18/1960 Parlan has overcome partial paralysis of his right hand to excel in jazz piano. In fact it is just this handicap—no use of two fingers—which gives him…
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 4023Rec. Date : November 19, 1959 Trumpet : Dizzy ReeceBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Wynton KellyTenor Sax : Hank Mobley Strictlyheadies : 08/27/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 02/20/1960 First heard in London and Paris by touring American jazzmen, Kingston, Jamaica born Reece recently came to the U.S. and one of the first things he did…
