Kenny Burrell – Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1523Rec. Dates : May 29, 1956, May 30, 1956 Stream this Album Guitar : Kenny BurrellBass : Paul ChambersCongas : CándidoDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Tommy Flanagan Billboard : 09/29/1956Score of 76 This is another of those Blue Note “firsts” that should become valuable inventory in time. Burrell is certainly one

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

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

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

Blue Note – BLP 1521Rec. Date : February 21, 1954 Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyAlto Sax : Lou DonaldsonAnnouncer : Pee Wee MarquetteBass : Curley RussellPiano : Horace SilverTrumpet : Clifford Brown Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 09/01/1956Score of 78 Re-issue of material formerly on 10-inch, and worthy inventory for all ships

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, Curley 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

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 Stream this Album Trumpet : Thad JonesBass : Oscar PettifordDrums : Shadow WilsonGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax : Billy Mitchell Saturday ReviewWhitney Balliett : 08/11/1956 Thad Jones (no relation to Jonah), the Detroit trumpeter now with Basie, is rapidly moving into the

Milt Jackson – And The Thelonious Monk Quintet (1956)

Blue Note – BLP 1509Rec. Dates : July 2, 1948, July 23, 1951, April 7, 1952 Stream this Album Vibes : Milt JacksonAlto Sax : Sahib Shihab, Lou DonaldsonBass : John Simmons, Al McKibbon, Percy HeathDrums : Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Kenny ClarkePiano : Thelonious Monk, John Lewis Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Billboard : 05/12/1956Score

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

Blue Note – BLP 1508Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Featured Links10 Minute Record ReviewsEpisode #408 Cashbox : 07/07/1956 This is the second volume in the well-received first set of the “Jazz Messengers At The

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

Blue Note – BLP 1507Rec. Date : November 23, 1955 Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Doug WatkinsPiano : Horace SilverTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Featured Links10 Minute Record ReviewsEpisode #408 Billboard : 04/14/1956 This is one of several sessions cut by this outstanding new jazz group on location at