Prestige All-Stars – Earthy (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7102Rec. Date : January 25, 1957Stream this Album (YT only) Alto Sax : Hal McKusickBass : Teddy KotickDrums : Ed ThigpenGuitar : Kenny BurrellPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Al CohnTrumpet : Art Farmer Billboard : 10/07/1957Score of 76 An unusually rewarding jam session package that lives up to its title. Functional, pithy lines written by H. McKusick, M. Waldron and K. Burrell prove most

Herbie Mann – Flute Soufflé (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7101Rec. Date : March 21, 1957 Flute, Tenor Sax : Herbie Mann, Bobby JasparBass : Wendell MarshallDrums : Bobby DonaldsonGuitar : Joe PumaPiano : Tommy Flanagan Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album (YT only) Miami HeraldFred Sherman : 12/01/1957 Flute Soufflé with Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar and rhythm from Joe Puma, guitar; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Bobby Donaldson, drums, and Wendell Marhsall, bass. Four tracks; two

Cecil Payne – Cecil Payne (1957)

Signal – S-1203Rec Dates : May 19, 1956, May 22, 1956Stream this Album (YT only) Baritone Sax : Cecil PayneBass : Tommy PotterDrums : Art TaylorPiano : Duke JordanTrumpet : Kenny Dorham   AudioCharles A. Robertson : September, 1957 When Cecil Payne was a youngster in Brooklyn, he wanted to emulate Lester Young on the tenor saxophone. But he started out on the alto sax

Miles Davis – Bags Groove (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7109Rec. Dates : June 29, 1954, December 24, 1954See additional notes about 12/24/1954 here: PRLP 7150, PRLP 7650 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy HeathDrums : Kenny ClarkePiano : Horace Silver, Thelonious MonkTenor Sax : Sonny RollinsVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #114, #131Stream this Album Billboard : 12/16/1957Score of 80 Remastered, converted sessions cut in 1954, also including previously unissued

Miles Davis – And The Modern Jazz Giants (1959)

Prestige – PRLP 7150Rec. Dates : December 24, 1954, October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Percy Heath, Paul ChambersDrums : Kenny Clarke, Philly Joe JonesPiano : Thelonious Monk, Red GarlandTenor Sax : John ColtraneVibes : Milt Jackson Listening to Prestige : #131, #191Stream this AlbumSee more about 12/24/1954: PRLP 7109, PRLP 7650 Billboard : 06/15/1959Jazz Spotlight Winner of the Week This album could easily

Ray Bryant Trio – Piano Piano Piano (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7098Rec. Date : April 5, 1957 Piano : Ray BryantBass : Ike IsaacsDrums : Specs Wright Listening to Prestige : #221Stream this Album Billboard : 08/12/1957Special Merit Jazz Album Bryant, a fast-maturing modern pianist, in a set of sensitively turned performances. Especially laudable for his excellent touch and development of ideas to a point of eloquence

Ray Draper Quintet – Tuba Sounds (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7096Rec. Date : March 15, 1957 Tuba : Ray DraperAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Spanky DeBrestDrums : Ben DixonPiano : Mal WaldronTrumpet : Webster Young Listening to Prestige : #216Stream this Album San Francisco ExaminerC.H. Garrigues : 09/29/1957 Originally the tuba performed the chores in the jazz band which have been taken over in latter days by the

Sonny Rollins – Rollins Plays for Bird (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7095Rec. Date : October 5, 1956 Tenor Sax : Sonny RollinsBass : George MorrowDrums : Max RoachPiano : Wade LeggeTrumpet : Kenny Dorham Listening to Prestige : #189Stream this Album Billboard : 08/12/1957Score of 77 A substantial set featuring a seven-selection tribute medley to late “Bird” Parker, provocatively handled by Rollins and emphatic colleagues (rest of review is missing) —– Cash

Miles Davis Quintet – Cookin’ (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7094Rec. Date : October 26, 1956 Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Philly Joe JonesPiano : Red GarlandTenor Sax : John Coltrane Listening to Prestige : #191Stream this Album Billboard : 07/29/1957Jazz Special Merit Album One of the more interesting Davis LPs, offering the modern pace-setter in a more dynamic mood than usual, per the title. Great ensemble

Billy Taylor Trio – At Town Hall (1957)

Prestige – PRLP 7093Rec. Date : December 17, 1954 Piano : Billy TaylorBass : Earl MayDrums : Percy Brice Listening to Prestige : #142Album is Not Streamable Billboard : 07/29/1957Score of 78 A reissue of an original 10-incher includes stretches of Taylor in a variety of moods. Six members range from the softly lyrical to some brilliant displays of right and