Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland, Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1522Rec. Date : February 21, 1954 Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonAnnouncer : Pee Wee MarquetteBass : Curly RussellPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/30/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/05/1957Score of 81 Tremendous modern “hard bop” session cut at the jazz clue during working hours in 1954. Line-up is constructed much like Blakey‘s current

Art Blakey – A Night At Birdland, Volume One (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1521Rec. Date : February 21, 1954 Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonAnnouncer : Pee Wee MarquetteBass : Curly RussellPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/29/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 78 Re-issue of material formerly on 10-inch, and worthy inventory for all ships with modernist clientele. The prophetic label once again has

Horace Silver – Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey – Sabú (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1520Rec. Dates : October 9, 1952, October 20, 1952, November 23, 1953 Piano : Horace SilverBass : Gene Ramey, Curly Russell, Percy HeathDrums : Art Blakey, Sabú Martínez Strictlyheadies : 01/28/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1957Score of 77 Re-issue of material previously available on Blue Note 10-inch LPs Nos BLP 5018 and BLP 5034. The silver trio sides represent the beginning

Jutta Hipp – At The Hickory House, Volume Two (1957)

Blue Note – BLP 1516Rec. Date : April 5, 1956 Piano : Jutta HippBass : Peter IndDrums : Ed Thigpen Strictlyheadies : 01/24/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 12/02/1957Score of 67 Miss Hipp is impressive in the way she gets around the piano, and for her facility with jazz language. However, the fire and uniformity of performance of the “important” jazz

Thad Jones – Detroit-New York Junction (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1513Rec. Date : March 13, 1956 Trumpet : Thad JonesBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell Strictlyheadies : 01/21/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 07/25/1956Nat Hentoff : 4 stars Detroit-New York Junction involves former Detroiters Jones, tenor Billy Mitchell, guitarist Kenny Burrell and pianist Tommy Flanagan with drummer Shadow Wilson and bassist Oscar Pettiford. Thad, potentially one of

Milt Jackson – And The Thelonious Monk Quintet (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1509Rec. Dates : July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, April 7, 1952 Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : John Simmons, Al McKibbon, Percy HeathDrums : Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious Monk, John Lewis Strictlyheadies : 01/17/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 05/12/1956Score of 76 Basically, this is a re-mastering of a 10-inch LP (BLP 5011), adding

The Jazz Messengers – At the Café Bohemia, Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1508Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/16/2019Stream this Album Cash Box : 07/07/1956 This is the second volume in the well-received first set of the “Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia.” The value of the on-the-spot recording can

The Jazz Messengers – At the Café Bohemia, Volume One (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1507Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Strictlyheadies : 01/15/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 04/14/1956 This is one of several sessions cut by this outstanding new jazz group on location at the Café Bohemia. The Messengers have since signed with Columbia. Blakey and Dorham are

Jay Jay Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume Two (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1506Rec. Dates : June 22, 1953, September 24, 1954, June 6, 1955 Trombone : J.J. JohnsonBaritone Sax : Jimmy HeathBass : Percy Heath, Charles Mingus, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : John Lewis, Wynton Kelly, Horace SilverTenor Sax : Jimmy Heath, Hank MobleyTrumpet : Clifford Brown Strictlyheadies : 01/14/2019Stream this Album Billboard : 09/08/1956Score of 81 Re-issue of Blue Note BLP 5070, Volume 3 of